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US military warns against getting hopes over North Korean overture

January 5, 2018 Admin

The head of United States (U.S) forces in Seoul warned yesterday against raising hopes over North Korea’s peace overture amid a war of words between the U.S. and the reclusive North over its nuclear and missile programs. In a New Year address, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he was open to dialogue with U.S. ally South Korea and could send a delegation to the Winter Olympics to be held in the South in February. Kim also warned that he would push ahead with “mass producing” nuclear warheads, pursuing…

NNPC records N85.5 billion loss on imported petrol – Kachikwu

January 5, 2018 Admin

The Minister of State For Petroleum Resources, Dr Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, on Thursday said the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has incurred a cumulative loss of N85.5 billion in importing petrol and selling at the current retail price of N145 per litre. Kachikwu said the price was fixed in the first quarter of 2016, when crude oil was selling for $49 and pointed out that with crude price rising to $67 a barrel, the pump price, may no longer be sustainable. Kachikwu made the explanation to the National Assembly joint…

Lawmaker drums support for war against fake drugs

January 5, 2018 Admin

Mr Obinna Emenaka, member representing Anambra East Constituency in the State House of Assembly, has called on government at levels to double efforts at combating the production, sale and circulation of fake and adulterated drugs in the country. Making the call on Thursday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka, the assemblyman said that the war must be won to save lives. Emenaka said all tiers of government should form a common front to protect the lives of citizens through an aggressive war to prevent…

White House bans personal electronic devices in presidential offices

January 5, 2018 Admin

Visitors and staff are to be banned from using personal communication devices in the West Wing presidential offices, the White House said in a statement on Thursday. “The security and integrity of the technology systems at the White House is a top priority for the Trump administration. “Therefore, starting next week, the use of all personal devices for both guests and staff will no longer be allowed in the West Wing,” White House spokesperson Sarah Sanders said. The statement was issued in response to questions from the White House press…

One feared dead as JTF, militants clash in Delta

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The Joint Task Force on Thursday gunned down a suspected armed Isaba militant, with others seriously injured. The militants were said to have allegedly attacked their camp with sophisticated weapons with the intention to overrun same and attack Aladja Community. It was learnt that the militants, who came in their numbers stormed Aladja Community from the Isaba end allegedly with sophisticated weapons and engaged the JTF in an intense exchange of gun fire for about thirty minutes at about 6pm. In the process, one of them was shot dead, while…

Winner of Big Brother Naija to get N45m

January 5, 2018 Admin

Winner of the 2018 edition of the Big Brother Naija will go home with N45m. The third season of the reality show will start on Sunday, January 28. According to a report, it will premiere with a special two-hour episode on DStv channel 198 and GOtv channel 29. “Ebuka Obi-Uchendu was in December announced as the host of the new season, returning for a second time. The previous edition, which saw Efe Ejemba emerging as the star prize winner, was one of the most successful reality shows not just in…

Mo Salah wins African Player of the Year

January 5, 2018 Admin

Mohamed Salah has won the African Player of the Year award. The Liverpool star has enjoyed an excellent campaign since moving to Anfield in a £36m deal. Salah has scored 22 times already this term and also secured Egypt’s place at this summer’s World Cup. He jetted out to Ghana with teammate Sadio Mane just 24 hours before the FA Cup clash with Everton, pipping him to the award with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in third. But Salah, who also won the BBC African Player of the Year, won’t be involved at…

Father Mbaka and the Voice of God

January 5, 2018 Admin

By Reuben Abati “I do not believe in my mind that the way things are in Nigeria, any Catholic priest has the mandate to decide which of the political contestants should be voted for…I don’t believe a priest should be doing that…If he was in my archdiocese, I will have sanctioned him long ago for the kind of utterances he makes.” – John Cardinal Onaiyekan, Catholic Bishop of Abuja Metropolitan See on Fr. Ejike Mbaka (2015) Prophecies and predictions by Christian pastors often mark the end of a year and the…

FG targets tech-based economy by 2030- Minister

January 5, 2018 Admin

The Federal Government says it is fully committed to revamping the nation’s economy from a resource-base to a science and technology- based economy by 2030. Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, gave the assurance at the South-South Sensitisation to the National Science, Technology and Innovation Roadmap (NSTIR) 2030 on Friday in Port Harcourt. He said that NSTIR, when fully implemented, would enable Nigeria to become a major exporting nation rather than its dependence on importation of raw materials and finished products. According to him, the Buhari-led administration is…

North, South Korea in peace talks next week

January 5, 2018 Admin

As their face-off rages, North and South Korea have agreed to hold talks to broker peace on 9 January , the first in two years. The truce talk was agreed by the two neighbours , hours after Seoul and Washington decided to defer joint military exercises which always infuriated Pyongyang until after the Winter Olympics. The meeting, the first since December 2015, will take place in Panmunjom, the truce village in the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone that divides the peninsula. Tensions have been high after the North carried out multiple…