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Chief Nwabueze Okafor, the factional national chairman of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, is dead. Popularly known in Enugu State with his chieftancy little, Okpochengene, Okafor was a former National President of Association of Local Government of Nigeria, ALGON, and former Council Chairman of Enugu South. Okafor’s ally and Assistant National Financial Secretary of APGA, Okechukwu Nkolagu, who confirmed the death said he died at about 8am, yesterday. Another political ally of the deceased said Okafor died at Niger Foundation Hospital, Enugu after a brief illness. “You know he…

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A spark from a petroleum tanker discharging its products at a filling station in Oja Oba area of Ado Ekiti, was said to have started the fire which consumed about 40 buildings. Tears flowed freely as many residents and traders in Ado Ekiti helplessly watched their buildings, shops, office complex razed by fire. Before the inferno was put off, about 40 buildings and goods worth over N50 million were razed. The filling station was also consumed by the fire. The chaotic situation was exploited by hoodlums who broke into shops…

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A 3day nationwide warning strike has been scheduled to commence on Wednesday by the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, over disputes with International Oil Companies, IOCs, especially indiscriminate sack of workers without benefits and refusal to allow their workers to join union. The union has been having running battles with some of the IOCs, including Exxon/Mobil and Chevron Nigeria Limited, over unfair labour practices, especially perceived unprocedural sack of workers without benefits, breach of Nigerian extant labour laws in their divestment exercises. Chevron was alleged to…

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Two trees have appeared at the resident of one Michael Ibironke with what appeared to be an Arabic inscription believed to be the name of Allah. The Moringa trees were located at No.6, and No.9, Unity Street, Ire-akari Estate, Iloye, Abule Iroko, Ado-Odo Ota, Ogun State. Mr. Ibironke, the occupant of the house where one of the trees was found, said what happened remained a mystery to him. Mr. Ibironke, who said he has been living in the house for more than 17 years, said the Moringa trees were planted…

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‘Feel free to breastfeed your children in church’ Pope Francis told women attending a ceremony in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday. “The ceremony is a little long, someone’s crying because he’s hungry. That’s the way it is,” the pontiff said. “You mothers, go ahead and breastfeed, without fear. Just like the Virgin Mary nursed Jesus,” he told worshippers attending an annual ceremony commemorating the baptism of Jesus. The Argentine pope on Sunday baptised 28 children — 15 boys and 13 girls. He has previously voiced his support for breastfeeding, including…

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Nigerians are beginning to turn to firewood and coal as the scarcity of kerosene, used by millions of largely poor Nigerians for cooking, has hit major cities causing huge increase in price. Three of the most affected cities are Kaduna and Zaria in Kaduna State and Calabar in Cross River State. In Kaduna, none of the filling stations in the state capital on Saturday had kerosene (DPK) for sale. In one of the stations, the attendants said the scarcity began on January 2 as they got no supply from Lagos and Kaduna…

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Reacting to the sack of the six police officers attached to the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has described the sack as “the height of political victimisation by the All Progressives Congress (APC) led federal government just because the policemen were among the patriotic Nigerians who foiled the attempt by the party to rig the Rivers State rerun elections.” Governor Fayose, who described the six police officers as heroes of democracy, said “their names will be written in gold in the comity of defenders of…

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Pastor E. A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), on Saturday appointed a new General Overseer (GO) for the church in Nigeria as he retires, ahead of his 75th birthday on 2 March. The new General Overseer is Pastor Joshua Obayemi. However, Adeboye is expected to remain as the general overseer of the Church worldwide. His resignation, sources said was informed by a new legal requirement guiding the operations of registered churches, mosques and CSOs in the country. Founders of such organisations, the source…

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