Month: July 2018

INEC not aware of vacancies in NASS

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The Independent National Election (INEC) said it was awaiting formal communication on the existing vacancies in the National Assembly (NASS). INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu disclosed this during an interaction with political editors of media organisations on Saturday in Lagos. Yakubu said that the commission had five bye-elections to conduct, to fill the existing vacancies, but it was still awaiting official communication from the National Assembly to declare the seats vacant. He said while the law compelled INEC to conduct bye-elections within stipulated time, it was the presiding officers of the…

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I can make Shekau surrender: Goni, ex-Boko Haram commander

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A 32 year-old former Boko Haram Commander, Rawana Goni, has appealed to the Nigerian military authorities to allow him make a phone call to the elusive leader, Abubakar Shekau and at least 137 other terrorists to make them surrender. Goni, who is undergoing rehabilitation at a military detention camp in Maiduguri, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). The former Boko Haram commander is an indigene of Bama in Borno state. He surrendered to the military in Cameroon after escaping from Sambisa Forest eight months…

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Macron to visit Fela’s Afrika Shrine Tuesday

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French leader Emmanuel Macron will on Tuesday visit the Afrika Shrine, a nightclub in Lagos founded by Nigerian music legend Fela Anikulapo Kuti. Macron will  become the first “real president” to enter the club synonymous with marijuana smoke, sexy backup dancers and protest music. And he is not a stranger to Nigeria. He trained as a senior civil servant at the French Embassy in Lagos in 2004, seven years after Fela died. Late Fela Anikulapo Kuti, afrobeat king The  Afrika Shrine located in the teeming Lagos district of Ikeja replaced…

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Councillor donates writing materials to 3 school in Patani, frowns at staff negligence of duties

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From Grandball Joel The councilor representing Uduophori Ward 15, at Patani Local Government Council, Hon. Oghenevwegba Okoro has described the continuous absence of Ege Primary school staff as worrisome in community. Speaking while distributing education materials worth thousands of naira to pupils of Ege primary school 1/2 and New Bethel school, Okoro said, “the staff of Ege primary school 1, should turn a new leave towards by ensuring that they are in school to teach the future leaders of the nation. “Staff of the school should know that the future of…

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