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On Wednesday in Abuja, a Federal High Court struck out defamation suit filed by President Muhammadu Buhari against DAAR Communications, operators of the African Independent Television (AIT). Justice John Tsoho held that the court was compelled to strike out the suit because it appeared abandoned. According to him, no representations from the parties have been entered since the matter was assigned to the court. “This is against the rules of court, all opportunities given for the plaintiff and the respondents to put life in the suit have failed. The suit…

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Young and upwardly mobile Lagos agency, 7even Interactive shone like a million stars at the recently concluded Lagos Advertising and Ideas Festival (LAIF) carting home eight awards across various categories for its foremost client, Fidelity Bank Plc. The agency which is arguably one of the youngest on the Association of Advertising Agencies of Nigeria (AAAN) roll call at the awards, picked their first medal of the night when it got awarded a Bronze medal in the Radio category for “Best Use of Copy” for its work for Fidelity Bank (Our…

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Femi Fani-Kayode, Former Aviation Minister and Spokesperson to ex- President Goodluck Jonathan’s presidential campaign Organisation, has backed the call by Sam Omatseye, Chairman, Editorial Board, The Nation that Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) should use tithes to buy arms for Christians for self defence. The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has said in November that 102 Christians were killed, over 50,000 houses burnt while another 215 were injured since May 2016 by suspected Fulani herdsmen in 25 villages in Kaduna state. CAN said the villages include Godogodo, Gidan Waya and…

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Residents of Joseph Harrison Estate, Yaba  area of Lagos State are presently in a state of panic as some suspected armed robbers have written to the residents urging them to prepare to pay season’s dues to them on a date not mentioned. Residents of Joseph Harrison Estate, Yaba  area of Lagos State got the letter from the bandits on Wednesday notifying them of their impending attack to collect their “dues” for the festive season. It was gathered that the letter was placed on the vehicle of one of the residents…

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Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, has assured that the Federal Government would address obnoxious policies on visa and banking against Nigerians in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Minister gave the assurance in Abu Dhabi when he met with the officials of the Nigeria Embassy in UAE, led by the Charge d’ Affaires, Mr Nura Rimi. The meeting was on the sideline of the International Conference for the Safeguarding of Cultural Heritage in Conflict Areas, attended by the minister in the UAE capital. The minister represented…

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The Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi has approved the dismissal of no fewer than 662 workers from the state public service for allegedly forging their West Africa Secondary School Certificates, WASC. Also, the government has said it had to remove 2,021 fictitious names of workers and pensioners from its payroll. This was disclosed yesterday by the Head of Service, Mr. Soji Eniade, following the decision at the Executive Council meeting held on Monday at the governor’s office. Eniade, who was flanked by the Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Mr.…

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Goodluck Jonathan, Nigeria’s former President, yesterday at Gbaramatu Kingdom, Delta State, said it is unsafe to talk about events and situation of things in Nigeria. The reluctance of the former president to speak on national issues raises concern about his standing with the incumbent administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, which has accused many of his ministers, aides and party men of barefaced corruption during his six years of governance. Against Buhari’s sustained onslaught, the expectation is for Jonathan to offer some explanation to dispel the heavy charge of corruption against…

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Nigeria took the delivery of four fighter aircraft from its Pakistani counterpart yesterday in the resolve to crush Boko Haram terrorists in the North East. This came ahead of 21 aircraft approved for procurement by President Muhammadu Buhari to boost the operations of the Nigerian Air Force. The 21 war planes approved for procurement by the Buhari administration, which delivery are expected by the first quarter of next year, are four helicopters gunships, four medium airlift utility helicopters, three live attack aircraft and ten primary trainers. The four Super Mushshak…

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