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How Cryptocurrency Drives Change For Nigerians

January 25, 2020 1:19 pm
Nigerians make more bitcoin searches than any other country in the world and it can drive monumental changes within Nigeria and across Africa.

If you were told to think of the country with the most bitcoin related Google searches in the last year and also one of the bases of a renowned crypto exchange operating in 40 countries, you would probably picture Switzerland, the UK or maybe China. In fact, the country in question is Nigeria. Locals here make bitcoin searches the most frequently and host high-profile companies like Luno who offer a complete bitcoin experience.

The lure of cryptocurrency

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Amotekun

Nigerians In America Back S’West Governors On Amotekun

January 22, 2020 12:37 pm
Nigerians resident in the United States of America, have appealed to the Federal Government not to frustrate the consummation of the South West joint security network christened operation Amotekun.

Also, a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Dr. Olusegun Osinkolu, said no highly populated country like Nigeria would rely solely on its conventional security architecture to guarantee the protection of its citizens, saying community policing is gaining traction globally and that the country must key into this.

The USA based Nigerians under the banner of Nigeria Coalition for Change, in a statement by its chairman, Mr. Samuel Ayodele and made

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Nigerians Have Right To Protect Their Domains – Oba Muftau

January 22, 2020 12:31 pm
The paramount ruler of Offa in Kwara State, Oba Muftau Gbadamosi, Esuwoye 11 on Tuesday said considering the peculiarities of Nigeria’s security architecture, it is incumbent on communities to protect their domains.

He opined that every effort to safeguard lives and property within the ambit of extant law of the land is necessary, arguing that security is realistically the business of everybody.

Gbadamosi averred that community-driven security arrangement has been in existence for long amongst different communities in Nigeria for the sole aim of complementing Federal Government’s efforts towards securing Nigerian citizenry.

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NIS Gives Entry Requirements For Non-Nigerians

January 20, 2020 2:21 pm
Mr. Muhammad Babandede, Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), has revealed the entry requirements for non-Nigerian travelling to Nigeria.

Babandede gave the requirements in a statement by Mr Sunday James, the Service Public Relations Officer, on Tuesday and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.

According to him, ECOWAS citizens and countries with visa abolition agreement with Nigeria require no visa for entry into Nigeria.

“They, however, must enter with valid travel documents and through approved entry point.

“Holders of African Union Passport desiring to enter Nigeria on short visits can obtain visa upon arrival

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Abule-Egba: Nigerians Trade Blames Over NNPC Explosion

January 20, 2020 5:34 am
A cross section of Nigerians have blamed the Lagos government over the explosion of a Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) pipeline at Ile Epo axis (near Abule Egba), Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State.

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Sunday said that two bodies had been recovered from the explosion site.

The raging fire caused panic among the residents of Abule Egba, Ile Epo and Ekoro Road due to the thick smoke which oozed out from the explosion scene.

Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Acting Coordinator, Lagos Territorial Office, NEMA, Farinloye said that several buildings and articulated vehicles were

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Nigerians Warned To Stop Drinking Garri

January 18, 2020 4:37 pm

The Director of Public Health, Enugu State, Dr Boniface Okolo, has cautioned Nigerians against the consumption of cassava flakes, otherwise known as garri to avoid contacting Lassa fever.

Okolo, who gave the warning in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Saturday in Enugu, said the rats that caused the disease were mostly in contact with Nigerian most popular staple food ‘garri,’ a cassava product.

He added that it was necessary to discourage consumption of soaked garri since it did not require boiled water.

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Okolo noted that boiled water

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Nigerians Speak On Use Of Paracetamol For Food Preparation

January 18, 2020 4:13 pm

Following recent alert by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on the use of paracetamol tablets in food preparation, some Nigerians have expressed shock and disappointment.

They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews that the news came to them as a rude shock.

Paracetamol is used for the treatment of mild illnesses, moderate pains from headaches, backaches, toothaches, menstrual periods, flu and to reduce fever.

Mrs. Joy Ossai, a housewife, said that though her family mostly eats meals prepared at home, she would create awareness among her friends about the …

Nigerians Currently Poorer, Lost Faith In Govt –Oyegun

January 18, 2020 10:39 am
John Oyegun, former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has lamented that Nigeria was currently not working.

Oyegun maintained that Nigerians were increasingly becoming unhappy with the state of things.

Speaking at the 17th edition of the Daily Trust Dialogue in Abuja, Oyegun lamented that the Federal Governmemt was not addressing what was making “people poorer and unhappy.”

The APC Chairman, however, admitted that Nigeria has been growing in the last 20 years.

Oyegun stated that there was hardly a single administration that has not left office unpopular and unheralded in the past twenty years.

Oyegun said: “I

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Imo: Nigerians React As Court Sacks Ihedioha

January 14, 2020 2:56 pm

Mixed reactions have trailed the defeat of Imo State Governor, Emeka Ihedioha at the Supreme Court.

NAN had reported that the Supreme Court on Tuesday sacked Gov Emeka Ihedioha and declared APC’s Hope Uzodimma as the Governor of Imo State.

It, therefore, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to withdraw the certificate of return from former Governor Emeka Ihedioha and issue Uzodimma with certificate of return as governor of the state.

Delivering the judgment, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun said the votes due to Uzodinma and APC from 318 polling units were wrongly excluded and should be added.

But reacting, some …

Nigerians React As Buhari Signs Finance Bill, Increases VAT

January 14, 2020 10:29 am
A cross-section of Nigerians has reacted to the increase in Value Added Tax (VAT) in Nigeria to 7.5%.

THISDAY reports that President Muhammadu Buhari signed the 2019 finance bill into law in Abuja on Monday.

It means that the Value Added Tax (VAT) in Nigeria is now officially 7.5 per cent from 5 per cent.

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The bill was submitted to the National Assembly alongside the budget but the bill signing is coming 27 days after the 2020 budget was signed into law on December 17.

Reactions have trailed the increase

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Soundcity Awards: Nigerians React As Rema Defeats Fireboy

January 12, 2020 3:21 am
Nigerians on social media have expressed outrage over choice of awards given on Saturday at the just concluded Soundcity MVP awards 2020.

Rema was declared winner of Best new MVP category on Saturday at the ceremony, which was held at the Eko Convention Center, Lagos Nigeria, hosted by South Africa’s finest media personality, Bonang Matheba.

Also Joeboy, Fireboy were not left out as they won Best pop and listener choice award, respectively.

However, some Nigerians took to their Twitter pages criticizing Soundcity MVP awards organisers and accusing them of being partial.

Some Nigerians said Fireboy deserved to win Best new

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Nigerians Issued 12 Hours To Vacate South Africa

January 10, 2020 5:59 am
Nigerians and other foreign nationals resident in South Africa’s Keimoes and Upington areas of Northern Cape Province were on Thursday morning given 12 hours to vacate by the indigenes.

The President of Nigeria Union in South Africa, Mr Adetola Olubajo, made the disclosure in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos.

Olubajo said the development was as a result of an ugly incident that took place on Wednesday, Jan. 8, between a Police Officer and a Nigerian.

He said that a Nigerian man, an Abakaliki indigene of Ebonyi, allegedly stabbed to death

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