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Ike Ekweremadu, Deputy Senate President, has said that the economy has suffered more crises under the government of the All Progressives Congress led by President Muhammadu Buhari. Ekweremadu said this at the Peoples Democratic Party’s national stakeholders’ meeting held at the Ekiti State Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja. The Deputy Senate President, while decrying the worsening economic conditions of the country, alleged that “all the APC promises had been kept in the reverse order.” He was quoted by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr. Uche Anichukwu, as saying, “They told us…

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In a statement issued by President Mohammadu Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President has said that he needed a longer period of time to rest in London, United Kingdom where he had gone on medical vacation. The president said the need to further rest in London was necessitated by the series of medical tests he had run. He however expressed gratitude to Nigerians who have been praying for him, saying that there was no cause for alarm. The statement read thus: “President Muhammadu Buhari…

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Managing Director of Lekki Gardens Estate Limited, Richard Nyong, has been charged to court by the Lagos State Government has filed criminal charges against the and five others, for the collapse of a five-storeyed building under construction on Kushenla Road, in the Ikate Elegushi area of the state. It was reported that the building, which collapsed in March 2016, killed no fewer than 35 persons. The state Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, while condemning the incident, had expressed commitment to ensuring that justice was served. A statement on Monday by the state…

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Adebisi Akinrin-mola, 43-year-old, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for killing one Ademola Asimiyu over a girlfriend. The suspect reportedly claimed that the deceased accused him of snatching the woman from him and has been warning him to leave her. The incident, which happened Sunday afternoon at Ajebo village in Ijebu-Igbo area of Ogun State, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said: “The suspect, 36, claimed that the deceased has been threatening him over a woman he is dating. “Trouble started when the…

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Mrs. Ese Ogi, an aide to the wife of the Speaker of Delta State House of Assembly, was reportedly abducted yesterday after her husband, who was initially abducted, escaped from the hoodlums. It was learnt that the unidentified gunmen stormed their residence in Sapele, Delta State, in the early hours of yesterday and took away the husband. A source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said: “The hoodlums stormed the residence of the woman at about 2a.m, Sunday, and abducted her husband. “Somewhere along the line, while they were trying…

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Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, , who presides over a global church with members in about 198 nations of the world, at the weekend, described his early years as the General Overseer of the mission as turbulent, saying the church’s total income then was about half of his salary as university lecturer. Ministering during a three-day special programme to end the church’s 40-day fasting and prayer period at the Redemption Camp, Kilometre 46, Lagos Ibadan Expressway, Pastor Adeboye shocked the worshippers…

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An appeal has been filled by the former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Andrew Yakubu at the Federal High Court, Kano demanding the refund of the $9.7m and £74,000 seized from him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and which the court that sat in Kano had ruled that it be forfeited to the Federal Government. In the appeal filed by his counsel, Mr. Ahmed Raji (SAN), Yakubu challenged the ruling of the Federal High Court presided over by Justice Zainab B. Abubakar, saying the court…

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In search for greener pastures, countless were the ordeals encountered by Nigerians who recently returned from Libya. The returnees have appealed to federal and state governments to provide job opportunities for Nigerian youths to prevent them from endangering their lives looking for greener pasture abroad. Some of the returnees said that they decided to leave the country because they were jobless. They said that they travelled to Libya with the hope of crossing to Europe through the Mediterranean Sea in search of jobs. It would be recalled that on Feb.14,…

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