Month: July 2018

People’s Progressive Parliament holds Alliance Meeting with Team Ibori for Okowa

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By Gradeone Henry People’s Progressive Parliament (PPP) recently hosted Team Ibori for Okowa at their national secretariat in Ughelli, Delta State. The meeting which is an alliance to ensure the incumbent governor of Delta State, Sen. Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa is re-elected as governor for continuity, equity, fairness and justice come 2019. In his open remark, the president of PPP, Comr. Matthew Onorhere, who noted that “The Elite group and members of People’s Progressive Parliament (PPP) cordially welcome the state coordinator, Team Ibori for Okowa, Hon. Edmond Guana, his excos and…

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Gunmen kill 7 police officers in Abuja

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The police have confirmed the killing of seven officers on Monday in Abuja by gunmen at Galadimawa Junction, just off the international airport road in Abuja. The reasons for the attack still remain sketchy. However, it was gathered that the gunmen who were in a vehicle opened fire on the police officers and zoomed off. The Police have confirmed that seven police officers were killed by armed robbers in the Galadimawa area of the federal capital territory. The Force Public Relations Officer, Mr Jimoh Moshood, said at a news conference…

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NFF Crisis: Pinnick, Keyamo dare Supreme Court

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Festus Keyamo (SAN), counsel to the Amaju Pinnick-led board of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) on Tuesday in Abuja said that the order of court recognising election of Chris Giwa as NFF President was not binding on FIFA. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, had on Monday directed the NFF to comply with the judgement of the Supreme Court delivered on April 27, 2018. The judgement he noted restored the orders of the Federal High Court, setting aside the purported…

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French President Macron arrives in Nigeria

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President Emmanuel Macron of France, on Tuesday, arrived in Nigeria on official visit aboard French Presidential Jet A330 and landed at the Presidential wing of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at about 3:10 p.m. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that President Macron on arrival was received by the Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama before he inspected the Presidential Guard of Honour. He was also presented with a plaque by the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Bello before leaving for the Presidential villa at about…

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Protesters demand Saraki’s resignation

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Hundreds of angry youths on Tuesday stormed the National Assembly protesting allegation of budget padding by the lawmakers and demanding resignation of Senate President Bukola Saraki. Protesters at NASS Police quickly locked the gates to prevent the crowd from gaining entrance but the protesters were able to unlock the gates and entered the premises. The police managed to curtail the situation. The protesters are also demanding the resignation of Senate President Bukola Saraki to face trial over his implication in the Offa robbery. Protesters hit NASS They said that the…

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FG targets $23 per barrel for cost of oil production -kachikwu

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The Minister of state for petroleum Resources Dr Ibe Kachikwu says the Federal government is making effort to ensure that cost of crude production is reduced to 23 dollars per barrel from  about 35 dollars. Kachikwu disclosed this at the on going Nigerian Oil and Gas conference and Exhibition on Tuesday in Abuja. He said henceforth, approval for projects in the petroleum industry would be based on the cost of producing oil and gas adding  that efforts were on to further ensure the cost were brought down to below $15…

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Trump orders King Salman jack up oil output by 2mbpd

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US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Saudi Arabia’s King Salman had agreed to his request to ramp up oil production, a week after OPEC already announced an output rise. “Just spoke to King Salman of Saudi Arabia and explained to him that, because of the turmoil & dysfunction in Iran and Venezuela, I am asking that Saudi Arabia increase oil production, maybe up to 2,000,000 barrels, to make up the difference,” Trump announced in an early morning tweet. “Prices too high! He has agreed!” Trump has repeatedly lashed…

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Drake’s Scorpion album breaks streaming records

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Drake has smashed streaming records with his new album “Scorpion,” with Apple Music and Spotify both reporting unprecedented listenership in its first day in 92 countries. Apple Music said on Instagram that the Canadian hip-hop superstar’s fifth studio album was streamed 170 million times in the 24 hours since its release Friday. https://instagram.com/p/BkqLNSNAugV/?utm_source=ig_embed https://instagram.com/p/Bkn2OITAAa7/?utm_source=ig_embed The worldwide figure is the highest ever reported by any streaming service for an album over one day and comes even though Apple Music significantly trails industry leader Spotify in total users. Drake has a lengthy…

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Wizkid booked for 3 years

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Nigerian pop singer and songwriter Ayodeji Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid, has been booked for shows for the next three years. The ‘Soco’ crooner made the announcement on his Twitter handle @wizkidayo, where he wrote, “booked for three years”. Wizkid has released several hit tracks this year including ‘Soco’, ‘Fake Love’, ‘Manya’ and ‘Nowo’. ‘Soco’, in which he featured Ceeza Mili, Spotless and Terri, is a fast-paced Afro-beat tune that has grown to become the most favourite song for the ‘Shaku Shaku’ dance. In February 2014, Wizkid became the first…

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Kukah: Nigeria’s Elusive Quest for National Cohesion

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Text of the Convocation Lecture delivered  by Rev Dr Matthew Hassan Kukah, Bishop of the Sokoto Diocese at the University of Jos Multipurpose Auditorium, 22 June 2018. The full title was:Broken Truths: Nigeria’s Elusive Quest for National Cohesion Introduction: The Truth of our Nigerian Story? Let me start with a conceptual clarification regarding the title and topic of this lecture. Not unexpectedly, my first reaction is to ask what is a broken truth? What does an unbroken truth look like? When we speak of truth, we immediately recall the trial…

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