Month: March 2018

Trump sacks Tillerson on Twitter

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US President Donald Trump has sacked Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, and immediately replaced him with the director of the CIA, Mike Pompeo. Thanking Mr Tillerson for his service on Twitter, Mr Trump said the new state secretary would do “a fantastic job”. Mr Tillerson, a former chief executive of ExxonMobil, was only appointed to the job just over a year ago. The president also nominated Gina Haspel to become the first woman director of the CIA. Mike Pompeo, Director of the CIA, will become our new Secretary of State.…

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Groups want implementation of ECOWAS single currency

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The West African Food Market Programme (WAFM) and the National Association of Nigerian Traders (NANTS) have called for speedy implementation of the ECOWAS common currency to reduce the challenges of currency exchange. The call was part of a communiqué issued at the end of a capacity building workshop organised for Nigerian traders and exporters of agricultural produce on Customs Regional Trade Procedures in Abuja on Tuesday. It was signed by Mr Ken Ukaoha,  the President of NANTS. The communiqué said that the workshop was aimed at equipping Nigerian traders and…

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Buhari throws out amended Electoral Act

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President Muhammadu Buhari has rejected the Amended Electoral Bill sent for his signature by the National Assembly. The bill provides for the Presidential election to come last after National Assembly and Governorship elections. Buhari notified the Senate about his action in a letter dated March 3, 2018, which was read by the President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki during plenary. The president said he withheld his assent to the bill because the amendment to the sequence of the elections in Section 25 of the Principal Act might infringe upon…

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Ndokwa East PDP Ward 6 passes vote of confidence on Okowa, Obielum, Enyi, sets to deliver party come 2019

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By Victor Bieni ASABA – Former first elected Female Local Government Chairman in Ndokwa East, member board of Governing Council, College of Education, Mosugha and the Leader of PDP ward 6 in the loyalty,  Hon. Chief (Mrs.) Mary Chidi, popularly known as “Enyi”, has said that all hands must be on desk to deliver the party, the entire Leaders, ward executives of the party, members of the party and other stakeholders will work to ensure that Governor Okowa win landslide victory in the election come 2019. This was made known…

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Kiss Daniel is dating singer Chidinma Ekile

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Singer Kiss Daniel, 23, is dating fellow singer, Chidinma Ekile, 26. Just last night, the Woju crooner shared a video on his instastories showing Chidinma sitting on a bed while fiddling with her phone and laughed as he filmed her. He put a love emoji across her photo. Meanwhile, in a recent interview, Kiss Daniel revealed his interest for older ladies. While speaking with Stargist, the Woju crooner dismissed that age was one of the criteria to consider before falling in love, arguing that what mostly matters in such situation is the…

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Gernot Rohr wants more grass pitch stadiums for NPFL matches

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Super Eagles’ coach Gernot Rohr on Sunday in Lagos expressed his preference for Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) matches to be played more on grass pitch stadiums. Rohr spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) after the NPFL Match Day 12 fixture between Lagos-based MFM FC and Heartland FC of Owerri at Agege Stadium. The coach said while he was impressed with the standard of the league he believed it would be improved more if games were played on grass as against synthetic pitches. “I am here to see…

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Ex-President Obasanjo woos Senator Saraki, Speaker Dogara, Governor Tambuwal to join SDP

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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo is leading the move to bring Senate President Bukola Saraki; Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara; Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State and other aggrieved leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to join the Social Democratic Party (SDP), otherwise known as the Third Force movement, according to a report. Already, there is palpable tension in the APC and the major opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the political future of Saraki, Dogara, Tambuwal, Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue and other political…

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Kogi rescinds policy to sell off goverment property

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Faced with criticism on its decision to out rightly sell off some legacy projects to finance the 2018 budget, the Kogi State Government has proposed back tracked on the controversial policy. The controversy was stoked by the State’s Commissioner of Finance, Asiwaju Idris, during his budget defense for the ministry, where he revealed government’s plan to sell off some of the State property. Many stakeholders in the state had condemned the decision as some even threatened to sue the Government if it goes ahead with the plan. Director-General, Kogi Bureau…

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I did not call for military intervention – Ekweremadu

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Deputy President of the Senate Ike Ekweremadu has denied the trending report that he called for military intervention in Nigeria, just as the labour has warned it would resist military in politics. “I never called for a military coup. I never said the military was planning any coup. Even the military’s statement admitted that my statement was only cautionary and that we were sincere. But they went as far as saying that the international community should ignore my words of caution.” According to the Punch, Ekweremadu said in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State…

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Zambia wages war on sex dolls

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Zambia is waging a fierce campaign against sex dolls, threatening offenders with heavy jail terms over the dolls which, it says, are “very unnatural”. “No one sells them openly, no one admits to owning one, and no one has been arrested,’’ report said. The government launched the crackdown on the sex toys last month. The action has propelled the issue of sex dolls to the top of the news agenda and made them a hot topic of conversation and debate on social media, dividing opinion in the largely conservative southern…

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