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Senator Kabiru Gaya representing Kano Central, also the Vice President, Inter-Parliamentary Union for Africa,IPU Africa, yesterday, frowned at Ghanaian government for introducing $120 residency fee for Nigerians in the country, saying the development, which he noted, was against the spirit of brotherliness in Africa, must not be allowed to stand. This came as he urged the United States President – Elect, Donald Trump to reconsider his stand on immigrants in his country as well as refugee issues. To this end, he hinted that the regional parliamentary body would immediately convene…

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Oba Saheed Elegushi in conjunction with Channeldrill Resources Limited, has launched an Imperial City Promo project, which would give hard working Nigerians the chance to own a plot of land worth N42m in one of the high brow areas of Lagos State. The Imperial International Business City (IIBC), which is the first self-sustaining eco-friendly smart business city in Africa is the brainchild of Oba Saheed Elegushi and Channeldrill Resources Limited who are the joint developers of the project. The promo is expected to produce seven land winners every week till…

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Kaduna Enatimi, a father of two, has been arrested by members of a local vigilante group at Igbogene community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State for allegedly stealing a pot of soup, wraps of fufu and gari, property of a local food seller. The suspect, Enatimi, aged 35, according to community sources, was nabbed at 2a.m., yesterday, while consuming the soup and fufu,claiming that hunger and the economic hardship pushed him to commit the crime. Head of the Igbogene Vigilante Group, Chief Moneysweet Asomo, while confirming the development, said: “We were…

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Chief Audu Ogbe, the Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, has revealed that the Federal government is facilitating the procurement of additional 40 large-scale rice mills to achieve self-sufficiency in rice production by 2018. Chief Audu Ogbeh, disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday at a workshop themed “Big Boost for Agro Diversification and Export.’’ Ogbeh said that the Integrated Rice Mills (IRMs) of the Ministry had increased the rice milling capacity in the country. He said that the Ministry’s new goal was to attain self-sufficiency in food production and annually…

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Yahya Jammeh, the controversial Gambian leader, on Thursday submitted his candidacy to seek a fifth term in December’s presidential election, saying he would listen only to God for guidance in governing. Jammeh, 51, took power in a bloodless coup in 1994 and has run the country with an iron fist ever since, surviving successive coup attempts by consolidating his power at every level of society. After submitting the required documentation to the electoral commission, Jammeh told its chairman: “No matter what people say about me, I am not moved… I…

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Brigadier General Mansur Dan-Ali (retd), the Minister of Defence, has appealed to Nigerians for understanding in the anti-terrorism war, pleading with them to give the military more time to completely stamp out insurgency in the north eastern part of the country. Dan-Ali’s plea is coming on the heels of the killing of Col. Abu Ali, and six other soldiers during a shoot-out with the terror group, Boko Haram, in Borno State. The development had renewed tremendous agitation and pressure by Nigerians on government to intensify efforts to rid the country…

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Following the announcement of Trump’s victory, Nigerians took to social media to question Soyinka about whether he would honour his pledge of cutting his green card. The Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, Wednesday, stated that he will not destroy his United States’ residency permit just yet; while he warned that the victory of Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential race could jeopardize U.S. support in Nigeria’s fight against Boko Haram. In an interview, Soyinka stated that Trump’s ‘bunker mentality’ could see the U.S. withdraw support for counter-terrorism operations in West…

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Prophet TB Joshua, the general overseer and founder of The Synagogue Church of All Nations, who prophesied that Hillary Clinton would win the US presidential election has removed the prediction from his Facebook account. TB Joshua had told his congregation on Sunday that he “saw” a woman winning. A section of that ‘prediction’ which was posted on his Facebook page is no longer available. It said, “Ten days ago, I saw the president of America with a narrow win… What I frankly saw was a woman.” Reactions TB Joshua done shit…

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