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Speaker Dogara: Youths should be appointed ministers of state from 2019

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The speaker of the house of representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has advocated for the setting aside ministers of state positions for the youth. Dogora made the call on Thursday while speaking at the Not-Too-Young-To-Run conference to celebrate President Mohammadu Buhari’s assent to the bill. He said the history of democracy globally had been about constant struggle between the included and the excluded. “I don’t think we will be asking for too much after the 2019 elections if we insist on a situation where we can appoint youth as ministers of state,”…

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Ethiopia starts test crude oil extraction

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Ethiopia on Thursday started test production of the first barrel of crude oil, the first for the East African country, raising hopes of economic transformation for its estimated 100 million population. The test oil production was undertaken by Chinese firm Poly-GCL Petroleum Group Holdings Limited (Poly-GCL). Speaking during a ceremony to officially launch the test crude oil production in Ethiopia’s Somali regional state, Meles Alemu, Minister of Mines, Petroleum and Natural Gas, said the production of crude oil heralds a success after 100 years of trying in vain to find…

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Convention: PDP ignorant of electoral rules – APC

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s call on INEC to cancel its just concluded National Convention showed that it is ignorant of electoral rules and internal party operations. Malam Bolaji Abdullahi, the party’s National Publicity Secretary made the call in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. ”We read with dismay, but without surprise PDP’s statement calling on INEC to annul the results of the highly successful National Convention of our party held last Saturday” he said. The PDP had said that the emergence of Comrade…

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Five killed, several injured in Maryland newsroom shooting

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No fewer than five people were killed and several others injured after a gunman opened fire inside the building that houses the Capital Gazette. Police confirmed there were five fatalities in the shooting and that the suspect was armed with a shotgun. According to police, first shots were reported at 2:40 p.m. after the shooter entered the building, which houses the Capital Gazette and several other businesses. The newspaper is part of Capital Gazette Communications, which publishes the Maryland Gazette and CapitalGazette.com, and is part of the Baltimore Sun Media…

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EU leaders grind out a deal on migrants

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European Union, EU leaders reached a crucial deal on steps to tackle migration during  all-night talks Friday after resolving a bitter row with Italy’s hardline new premier. German Chancellor Angela Merkel had warned that the bloc’s “destiny” was at stake if it failed to reach an agreement, with her own job also hanging in the balance as tensions over the issue grow at home. Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, who heads a month-old populist and anti-immigration government, had vetoed joint conclusions for the entire agenda of the summit in Brussels…

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INEC, stakeholders meet on 2019 election

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The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Thursday met with heads of security agencies, logistics experts, transport unions and other stakeholders to ensure seamless deployment of elections materials and personnel in 2019. The News Agency of Nigerian (NAN) reports that INEC organised the “Conference on Logistics for the 2019 General Elections’’ in collaboration with the European Centre for Electoral Support (ECES). The event was equally supported by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES). It was aimed at enhancing timely delivery of materials and personnel to polling units during the…

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9 killed in Lagos tanker fire, 54 vehicles burnt

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Nine persons died in the petrol tanker fire around Otedola Bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Thursday after it caught fire and spread the inferno to the vehicles behind, the Federal Road Safety Corps said. The FRSC also said in its update that the victims were burnt beyond recognition. There were four other serious injuries. According to the FRSC, 54 vehicles were burnt. There were 45 cars caught in the inferno, along with five buses, two trucks, inec tricycle and the tanker itself . The accident, outward Lagos,  happened around…

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Anambra government restates commitment to July 1st ban of motorcycles in Onitsha, Awka

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The Anambra State Government has said that enforcement of the order banning the use of motorcycles in Onitsha and Awka remains Sunday, July 1, the Commissioner for Transport, Mr Uchenna Okafor, has said. The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that Okafor made government’s stand know at a meeting with leaders of the Motorcycle Transport Union of Nigeria (MTUN) on Wednesday in Awka. He said that security operatives had been authorised to impound any motorcycle being used within the two towns. The commissioner maintained that the ban was due to…

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Ministers discuss security in Africa

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Foreign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama with his counterparts on the continent are discussing security at the 31st AU Foreign Ministers’ conference in Nouakchott, his spokesperson said in Abuja on Wednesday. The Special Adviser to the Minister on Media, Ms Sarah Sanda, said in a statement that Onyeama was in Mauritania for the 33rd Executive Council Meeting of Foreign Ministers of the 31st African Union Summit of Heads of State and Government. She said the one-week summit of Africa’s top diplomats and leaders would end on July 2, according to the…

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Robbery: Court frees one suspect, grants 6 others bail

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An Asaba Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday discharged and acquitted Mr. Okechukwu Okeke, one of the seven persons allegedly involved in December 2017 robbery attack on a bullion van in Asaba. The Magistrate, Mr. Ferdinand Dike, also granted bail to Ufomadu Athanasius, Ogene Godwin, Ekwugo Obi, John-Dawn Anichukwu, Okeke Chukwudi and Nwadialor Ifeyinwa. Dike granted them bail in the sum of N5 million with one surety each who must reside within the jurisdiction of the court and must not be below level 14 He adjourned the case till July 10 for…

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