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El-Rufai Reveals Amount Govt Spent On Power Without Result

January 24, 2020 9:13 am
The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has disclosed that the Federal Government has spent a whooping sum of ₦1.7trillion on power in the last three years without much progress.

El-Rufai made the disclosure while briefing journalists on the outcome of the National Economic Council, NEC, meeting presided over by the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday.

He described the power situation in the country as a national emergency that requires all hands on deck to interrogate why the sector was not working to the benefit of Nigerians.

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Autopsy Report Reveals What Killed Juice Wrld

January 23, 2020 3:22 pm
Popular young rapper and singer Juice WRLD, whose real name is Jarad Anthony Higgins, died as a result of oxycodone and codeine toxicity, the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office revealed on Wednesday.

According to the medical examiner, the rapper’s death was an accident.

AFP had reported that Popular young rapper and singer Juice WRLD, died after suffering a seizure in Chicago’s Midway airport.

It was learnt that Juice’s flight from California landed early Sunday morning and he suffered a seizure while walking through the airport.

It was reported that Juice

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2023 Presidency: Okupe Reveals Only Way PDP Can Defeat APC

January 20, 2020 2:25 pm
Doyin Okupe, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan has called on the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to change its name.

Okupe in a post on his Facebook page, said the change of name and formation of a new party is the only way PDP can defeat the All Progressives Congress, APC.

The former presidential aide said PDP in its present state cannot win 2023 presidential election.

According to him, the ‘‘formation of a new party, birthed by PDP, with new people, younger elements in society and politicians of other tendencies from various existing political parties including powerful but dissatisfied

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Mbaka

Fr. Mbaka Reveals What Ihedioha Should Have Done

January 19, 2020 5:43 pm
The Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry in Enugu state, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has said Emeka Ihedioha should have come to his church to seek God’s intervention, before losing at the Supreme Court last week.

Mbaka stated this during his homily on Sunday, in what was a thanksgiving service.

The cleric used the opportunity to advise the present generation to believe in prophecy which he said was immemorial, and will not cease to exist.

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Mbaka said: “What’s the distance from Imo state to Enugu, that after given the message on

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Timi Frank Reveals PDP Govs’ Ties With Buhari

January 18, 2020 10:39 am
Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Timi Frank, has said that governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were the major problem of opposition party as some of them were lobbying to travel with President Muhammadu Buhari.

Frank said aside Governor Wike of Rivers state, many of other opposition party governors are daily lobbying to be in the good books of Buhari, hence they don’t talk on national issues affecting Nigerians negatively.

Reacting to a media report that the PDP was planning to stage a nationwide protest against the Supreme Court ruling in Imo, Frank

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2023: Buhari Reveals What He Will Do Before, After Election

January 17, 2020 2:25 pm
President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that as a beneficiary of a free and fair election in the country, he would bequeath the same to his successor and the nation in 2023, “quietly.”

Buhari said he was already looking forward to a peaceful hand over in 2023, stressing that he was morally bound to fulfil that wish.

He spoke at a dinner with members of the legal team for the 2019 presidential election petition on Thursday night in Abuja and was contained in a statement signed and forwarded to DAILY POST by his Media Aide, Garba Shehu.

The President recounted that

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Amotekun

Fani-Kayode Reveals What Amotekun Has Proven In Nigeria

January 17, 2020 10:17 am
Former Aviation Minister,Femi Fani-Kayode, says the Southwest security outfit, Amotekun, has proven that the children of ‘Oduduwa are one’.

According to him, the children of Oduduwa are united in their resolve to protect and defend her people.

He said this in a tweet on his official Twitter page on Friday.

“One thing that Amotekun has proved is that the children of Oduduwa are ONE,” Fani-Kayode wrote on Twitter.

“We are UNITED in our resolve to protect & defend our people.

“We put party politics aside & made it clear to the murderous barbarians & psychopaths in our midst that

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Shakira Reveals Why She Cannot Marry Barcelona Star, Pique

January 14, 2020 10:25 am
Popular pop singer, Shakira has given reason she is yet to marry Barcelona defender Gerard Piqué.

The 42-years-old Colombia singer has been in a relationship with former Spain international over a decade and both celebrities are yet to exchange marital vows despite sharing two kids, Milan and Sasha together.

Shakira said in a recent interview that they were not married because ‘Marriage scares her and she does not want to be seen as the wife.’

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“To tell you the truth marriage scares the sh–t out of me. I don’t want

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Border Closure: Nigeria Customs Reveals Target

January 12, 2020 2:29 pm
Mohammed Garba, the newly appointed Coordinator for the Joint Border Operations Drill, North central Zone, Ilorin, Kwara State, says Federal Government policy on border closure was targeted at illegal businesses.

NAN reports that he spoke at the palace of the Emir of Yashikira, the Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara on Sunday when he led his team on familiarisation tour of border communities in the state.

Garba, who is also a Comptroller, Nigeria Customs Service, explained that the idea was not to obstruct indigenes from legitimate trading.

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He

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Iran Reveals Why It Didn’t Kill US Soldiers In Attacks

January 10, 2020 6:43 am
Iran has claimed that the Wednesday’s missile attacks on American bases in Iraq were not targeted to kill any soldier.

A senior Iranian commander, Amirali Hajizadeh, said the attacks in Iraq did not aim to kill American soldiers but sought to damage Washington’s “military machine.”

He also declared that the attacks were the start of a series of attacks across the region, Al Jazeera reports.

Hajizadeh, the head of the Revolutionary Guards Aerospace Force, also said the “appropriate revenge” for the US killing of Qassem Soleimani was to expel US forces from the Middle East.

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Labour Union Reveals Next Action Over New Minimum Wage

January 10, 2020 6:37 am
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has directed state councils of the union to commence mobilisation of their members immediately, should state governments failed to implement the new minimum wage by the end of January 2020.

TUC President, Mr Quadri Olaleye and Secretary-General, Mr Musa Lawal, made this known on Thursday in Lagos at the end of the union’s National Executive Council (NEC) meeting.

“NEC-in-session commends the Federal Government for the eventual completion of negotiation with respect to the consequential adjustments and commencement of payment of the new National Minimum Wage to Federal workers.

“The congress, however, advises all

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Canada Finally Reveals Who Shot Down Plane, Killing 176

January 10, 2020 5:57 am
Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau has revealed that it was actually Iran’s missile that shot down the Ukrainian airliner with 176 passengers on board

He said that evidence indicates an Iranian missile downed the jetliner on Wednesday, adding that the strike “may have been unintentional”.

According to the Prime Minister, Canadian and allied intelligence carried out the investigation.

He said it appeared it was a surface-to-air missile that struck the plane.

“We have intelligence from multiple sources, including our allies and our own intelligence. The evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by an Iranian surface-to-air missile,” Trudeau told

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