Day: September 10, 2017

Nigeria bags serial AFRIMA hosting right

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The African Union (AU) has awarded the hosting right for the Pan African Music Initiative, All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA), to Nigeria for another three years (2017-2019). This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Segun Adeyemi, Special Adviser to the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in Lagos on Sunday. The minister said the hosting right was given to the country following its successful hosting of the 2014-2016 editions. He said that the award of the hosting right was conveyed in a letter written ton him…

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MSF moves to curtail spread of cholera in Borno

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Following the outbreak of cholera in the camps of displaced persons in Borno state, Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF), a medical humanitarian organisation, has scaled up activities to control the disease. The MSF said it is working in with the state Ministry of Health and other organizations to curtail the spread of the disease which had already killd 23 persons. Anna Cilliers, MSF’s Medical Coordinator, said in Maiduguri that the organization had set up two Cholera Treatment Units (CTU), and an Oral Dehydration Point (ODP) in Maiduguri and Monguno local government…

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5m Nigerians benefit from amnesty programme

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Retired Brig.-Gen. Paul Boroh, the Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, says no fewer than five million people in the Niger Delta region have benefited from the initiative since 2009. Boroh, who is also the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, disclosed this in Akure shortly after receiving an award as Niger Delta Peace Ambassador from the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Ondo State Council. He said that the amnesty programme was initiated in 2009 due to the conflict in the Niger delta region. Boroh said that it was…

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Buhari more corrupt than Jonathan – Adeyeye

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National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Adedayo Adeyeye, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari, and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) government of being “more corrupt than the previous,” PDP-led government of Goodluck Jonathan. Speaking recently at the Hackney Borough’s Speaker’s Parlour, at Hackney Town Hall, where he unveiled his ambition to govern Ekiti State in 2018 before well-wishers and supporters, Adeyeye said unlike Buhari’s two predecessors, Olusegun Obasanjo and Jonathan, who prosecuted and jailed members of their ruling party, Buhari’s anti-corruption campaign has become “a political…

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Plateau United crowned Nigerian league champions

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Plateau United have won the 2017 Nigerian Professional League championship, beating defending champions Rangers International 2-0 on the last day, to clinch the coveted  trophy and cash of N50million. The 2017 championship in the last few weeks was  a cheek and jowl affair between United and Lagos based MFM FC, with just one point separating them going to Day 38. Champions Plateau United But while United earned the maximum three points to hit 66 points, MFM faded out, losing to El-Kanemi Warriors in Maiduguri 1-2  and ending the race with…

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Russian MP’s son pleads guilty to cybercrimes

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The son of a Russian MP has pleaded guilty in the US to being part of a $50m cybercrime racket. Roman Seleznev, 33, admitted to being part of an online criminal marketplace called Carder.su, which specialised in selling stolen credit card details and identity theft. Seleznev has already been sentenced to 27 years in prison by a federal court in Washington for breaking into US businesses to steal credit card information, which he subsequently sold on to others to commit frauds. He was also ordered to pay $170m in damages.…

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Osinbajo denies 2019 presidential ambition

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The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has denied any presidential ambition in 2019 describing those behind “Osinbajo Volunteers” as mischievous. The “Osinbajo Volunteers” has started campaigning for Osinbajo’s election as President in 2019. The group which has started recruiting volunteers for the project, however exonerated the vice president, saying he was not in the know about their activities. While its website featured the activities of the Vice President, it states clearly that: “Note that Osinbajo did not endorse this volunteer group. We have never met him. We are strong believers…

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America will confront Hurricane Irma, others – Trump

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U.S. President Donald Trump has assured that America would confront the Hurricane disasters and other challenges currently facing the country. Trump, who gave the assurance in a tweet and his weekly address to the country on Saturday, pointed out that Hurricane Irma was of epic proportion. The States of Alabama, Georgia, Florida and South Carolina have declared states of emergency while about seven million people are being evacuated. “We will confront any challenge, no matter how strong the winds or high the water. I’m proud to stand with Presidents for…

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