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Bakare prays for Jubril to appoint the best people as aides

April 22, 2019 9:06 pm

Latter Rain Assembly Serving Overseer Tunde Bakare raises a prayer request, which is for Jubril Al-Sudani, Late President Muhammadu Buhari’s impostor to appoint the best, brightest and fittest into the APC led administration as he takes oath on May 29 to continue the second term in office.

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Two die, 10 injured in accident on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

April 22, 2019 8:30 pm
Two persons were confirmed dead while 10 others sustained injuries in an accident involving a Mazda bus at Danliti Ayetoro area on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway .Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Spokesperson, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abeokuta on Monday.

Akinbiyi explained that the accident occurred around 11am, saying that it was caused by excessive speeding which led to loss of control.

He noted that the commercial bus with registration number DDA 729 XA , after losing control, hit a culvert and summersaulted, adding that the driver and the bus conductor

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US top court to weigh in on gay, transgender rights

April 22, 2019 12:23 pm
The nation’s highest court is considering three related cases, one involving a funeral home worker who was fired after telling her employer she was a transgender woman and would be wearing women’s clothing at work.

In the other two cases, gay workers said they were fired by their employers because of their sexual orientation.

The court will decide whether the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which bans discrimination in the workplace

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Base your criticism on facts, Saraki replies Tinubu

April 22, 2019 12:15 pm

Senate President Bukola Saraki has charged the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to dwell on facts in his criticism of the leadership of the Senate.

Tinubu had, in a statement on Monday, defended his role in aligning with the APC in the choice of preferred candidates for the leadership of the two chambers of the federal legislature in the emerging Ninth Assembly.

The APC chieftain also knocked the leadership of the Senate for working at cross purposes with President Muhammadu Buhari on key government policies, particularly, the processing of the annual budget.

But Saraki, …

US imposes sanctions on Iranian oil marketers

April 22, 2019 12:04 pm
The Trump administration has announced it will no longer exempt any countries from US sanctions if they continue to buy Iranian oil, increasing economic pressure on the Middle Eastern country.

The White House is stepping up pressure on Iran in a move that primarily affects the five remaining major importers – China and India, and the US treaty allies Japan, South Korea and Turkey.

President Donald Trump made the decision as part of the “maximum pressure” campaign on Iran, although Turkey and China have already criticised the administration.

The move aims to eliminate all of Iran’s revenue from oil exports, …

Atiku’s 66 grounds of appeal against tribunal verdict

Incessant killings: Atiku calls on FG to tighten security

April 22, 2019 7:51 am

Following the alarming increase in insecurity across the country, the defeated presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the just concluded election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has called on the federal government to put an end to its empty rhetorics and take urgent action to stem insecurity.

The former vice-president made the call Monday in a statement he personally signed, where he lamented that when the punishment for crimes are not forthcoming, criminals are emboldened to commit even worse crimes.

He stressed the need to keep Nigeria safe for Nigerians and foreigners, noting that as long as there is
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Gunmen free kidnapped, Imo bishop’s wife

Gunmen kidnap five-day-old baby in Kogi community

April 22, 2019 7:43 am

A five-day-old baby allegedly abducted in their home in Ijagbe commmunity, Mopa-Muro Local Government Area, Kogi, is yet to be found 10 days after the incident.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the incident occurred at about 8 p.m. on April 11 when the gunmen invaded the home of Mr Tosin Ojuola and at gun point, forced his wife to surrender the child to them.

Narrating the incident at Police Headquarters, Lokoja, on Sunday, Ojuola told NAN that he left home barely 10 minutes when the gunmen arrived and invaded his apartment, beat up his wife and asked …

Palm oil producers cry out over declining price

April 21, 2019 5:25 pm

The National Palm Produce Association of Nigeria (NPPAN) has raised alarm over downward slide in price of Crude Palm Oil (CPO) and local demand in spite of their huge investments.

The group raised the alarm in a letter jointly signed by Mr Dele Olanubi, NPPAN Ambassador, Mr Bolarinwa Adetula, Chairman Ondo Chapter and Chief Abiodun Adejo, Oyo State Coordinator.

The letter, addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari and entitled `SOS to the Federal Government on illegal entry of Crude Palm Oil (CPO) into Nigeria’, hinged the problem on illegal entry of CPO into Nigeria.

It complained about seamless corruption at the …

Tinubu speaks on rumoured 2023 presidency bid

April 21, 2019 4:42 pm

A former governor of Lagos State and national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress has panned the reports that he is backing Ahmed Lawan and Femi Gbajabiamila to become Nigeria’s Senate president and Speaker respectively for selfish reasons.

Bola Tinubu’s critics say his backing for Lawan and Gbajabiamila, both of whom were endorsed by the party, was to shore up his chances of becoming the ruling party’s presidential candidate in 2023.

But Tinubu said he only aligned with the party wishes on whom become the leaders of Nigeria’s National Assembly in June.

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Ukraine Presidency: Comedian Zelensky wins in landslide

April 21, 2019 4:30 pm

A comedian with no political experience won a landslide victory in Ukraine’s presidential election on Sunday, exit polls showed, dealing a stunning rebuke to the country’s political establishment.

Volodymyr Zelensky, whose only previous political role was playing the president in a TV show, trounced incumbent Petro Poroshenko by taking 73 percent of the vote, according to exit polls conducted by several think tanks.

It was an extraordinary outcome to a campaign that started as a joke but struck a chord with voters frustrated by poverty, corruption and a five-year war in eastern Ukraine that has claimed some 13,000 lives.

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Nigeria’s problems can be solved with love – Gov. Obiano

April 20, 2019 10:10 pm

As Christians all over the world mark the feast of Easter, the Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano has urged them to reach out and touch their neighbours with love, saying that Nigeria’s most complex problems could be solved with love.

In a special Easter Message delivered in Awka, the state capital, by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr James Eze, Governor Obiano observed that there is no greater manifestation of unconditional love than the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ for the salvation of mankind which the feast of Easter represents.

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Nigerian Senate to spend ₦5.5b on official cars for members

Senate passes Proceeds of Crime bill

April 20, 2019 9:59 pm

The Senate last Wednesday passed the Proceeds of Crime bill which will now pave way for the country to become full member of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).

The bill is one of two bills which are key requirements for the membership of the global body where only South Africa represents the African Continent presently.

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