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Pope urges nations to welcome refugees

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Pope Francis is urging the nations of the world to take in as many refugees as possible. The pontiff told reporters aboard the papal plane that he believes it is incumbent on governments to “welcome, to accompany, to place, to integrate” as many refugees as their societies can reasonably accommodate. “Each country must do this with the virtue of government, which is prudence, and take in as many refugees as it can, as many as it can integrate, educate, give jobs to,” Francis said during the in-flight press conference, according to The Associated…

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PDP decries Sen. Abaribe’s arrest

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday in Abuja decried the arrest of Sen. Enyinnaya Abaribe by the Directorate of Security Services (DSS). In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, the party expressed fears over the safety of the senator, who represents Abia North Senatorial District. It described the arrest as “gestapo-style’’, adding that it had further confirmed earlier alarm that the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government has commenced total clampdown on the opposition. The party said that the attack was particularly targeted at opponents…

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Dangote Cement,Unilever top losers’ chart at NSE

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Dangote Cement  on Friday at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) topped the losers’ chart with a loss of N5.30 to close at N225 per share. The News Agency of Nigeria  (NAN) reports that Unilever trailed with a loss of N2.25 to close at N50.75, while Forte Oil dropped by N1.75 to close at N34.05 per share. Nigerian Breweries was down by N1.50 to close at N110.50, while Lafarge Africa Wapco shed N1 to close at N39 per share. Conversely, Okomu Oil Palm recorded the highest gain to lead the gainers’…

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Ronaldo wears goatee beard for goodluck

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Cristiano Ronaldo now wears a goatee beard in Russia.The usually smooth and clean shaven Portugal and Madrid superstar said he will keep the beard for goodluck. And the beard has really been like a charm for the Portuguese as he had scored all the four goals that had kept Portugal on course for the World Cup last 16. The Real Madrid superstar sported his new look for the Morocco clash in Moscow, with team-mate Cedric Soares admitting Ronaldo will keep the beard for good luck. Asked about Ronaldo’s beard, Southampton…

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Fuel importation: Nigeria’ll lose $561.2 million from NNPC’s 50% rebate – NPA chief

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The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman, has said the country would lose the sum of $561.2 million and N334.2 million revenue from the 50 per cent rebate approved by the Federal Government for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to import Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) in 2018. Usman disclosed this yesterday when she appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Ports and Harbours for the 2017 budget evaluation and 2018 budget defence of her agency. The NPA boss noted that between 2009 to 2018, the…

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Amnesty: 200 ex-agitators undergo training in Ondo

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About 200 beneficiaries of the Presidential Amnesty Programme are currently undergoing training in Ondo State as the process of reintegration of ex-agitators in the Niger Delta gets a boost. Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator, Amnesty Programme, Prof. Charles Dokubo was quoted as saying this yesterday in Abuja in a statement issued by his media adviser, Murphy Ganagana. “We have a lot of training programmes now; we have a training programme in Ondo and most parts but for me, that of Ondo is the most spectacular…

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Boxing legend Muhammed Ali’s estate for sale

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Boxing legend Muhammad Ali’s 81-acre estate in rural southwestern Michigan, United States, featuring a workout gymnasium that includes a boxing ring, is up for sale at just under $2.9 million. According to the listing at the website for top ten real estate deals, Ali’s widow Lonnie is selling the property, including huge fields along the St. Joseph River, for the knockout price of $2,895,037 — the last two numbers representing Ali’s 37 career knockouts. Ali bought the retreat as a getaway while world heavyweight champion in 1975, a year after…

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Flooding: Oyo government to dredge 64 rivers in Ibadan

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The Oyo State Government has concluded arrangements to dredge 64 streams and blocked drainage across the state as as part of efforts to prevent flooding. A statement signed by the State’s Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Chief Isaac Ishola in Ibadan on Thursday confirmed the government’s decision. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the dredging is expected to be undertaken by the ministry in conjunction with the Ibadan Urban Flood Management Project (IUFMP). Ishola stated that the Project Implementation Unit (PIU) safeguard team would be displaying Environmental…

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U.S slams DRC over graft, electoral fraud

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The U.S. has declared many senior officials from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as persona non grata for their alleged involvement in acts of corruption and electoral malpractices. The U.S announced the designation of the senior DRC officials under Section 7031(c) of the Department of State Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2018. The U.S. said they were designated “due to these officials’ involvement in significant corruption related to the DRC’s electoral process”. “Further, the Department is taking steps to prevent entry into the United States of certain…

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Dangerous road to APC convention

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As members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) gather for the party’s elective convention in Abuja this weekend, the APC can hardly look in the mirror and recognise itself as the vibrant coalition that swept the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) from office three years ago. I still remember Lai Mohammed shelling PDP. The party was a band of thieves, a criminal enterprise with an incompetent captain at the helm, determined to drag the country down. Impunity and violence were the PDP’s official languages, while the smell of money and the…

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