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Akwa Ibom commissioner, Prof. Eno Ikpe is dead

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Akwa Ibom state Commissioner for Investment, Commerce and Industry, Professor Eno Blankson Ikpe, is dead. Professor Ikpe’s death was announced in a statement signed on Thursday by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Charles Udoh. “It is with great sadness that the Government of Akwa Ibom State announces the passing away of Professor Eno Blankson Ikpe”, it read. “The sad event occurred on November 8, 2017, after a protracted illness. “Our hearts go out to her immediate family and loved ones, and we ask God to grant them the…

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Brazil’s Petrobas to sell Nigerian business

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Brazil’s state-owned oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) is leading an effort to sell Petrobras Oil and Gas BV (Petrobras Africa),involved in two deepwater oil exploration blocks off the coast of Nigeria. The blocks are Akpo and Agbami producing fields and are operated by Total SA and Chevron Corp respectively. Petrobas is being joined in the sale by shareholders Grupo BTG Pactual SA and Helios Investments, it said on Thursday. Heavily indebted Petrobras announced plans this week to sell its 50 percent stake, and began sending information on the company…

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PSquare Puts Up Their Squareville Mansion Up For Sale At N320 Million

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The PSquare brothers have finally decided to sell all their joint properties they both own together, and perhaps split the money, so they can finally go there separate ways with no strings attached. The Brothers have put their ‘Squareville’ mansion up for sale. A visit to the mansion by LIB, located on Lola Holloway street, Omole Estate this morning shows the ‘For Sale’ sign-post in front of the property and when they put a call through to the agent, they gathered that the twin building with a swimming pool, underground…

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Obama summoned for jury duty

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With Secret Service agents in tow, Barack Obama reported Wednesday to a courthouse in Chicago after being summoned for jury duty – but the former president was not chosen to serve. Obama arrived at the justice centre in Chicago by motorcade, according to several US media reports that showed him entering the building and being greeted by people at the courthouse. Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans told reporters shortly after Obama arrived that he was not tapped to serve on a jury and was dismissed for the day, according…

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China buys $5bn worth soybeans from U.S.

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The United States soybean industry has signed two letters of intent with Chinese importers covering the five billion dollar purchases by the latter of an additional 12 million tonnes of soybeans in the 2017/18 marketing year. The non-binding agreements, disclosed by the U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC) in a statement, are among a series of trade accords announced during the visit of U.S. President Donald Trump to Beijing. China is the world’s top soybean buyer and the U.S. its second
supplier after Brazil. In the first agreement, signed on Nov. 8,…

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Chaos in Abuja as task force clash with taxi drivers

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Irate taxi drivers set up bonfires and blocked major roads in and around Abuja’s Wuse Market yesterday protesting the brutalization of their members by security operatives attached to the FCT task force. Daily Trust learnt that three drivers were beaten up, thrown into security vans and taken to the FCT police command headquarters at Garki II, Abuja. Witnesses, most of whom were taxi drivers, accused the task force comprising police, military, DSS, Immigration, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), of always extorting money from the cab drivers. A taxi…

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Vice principal suspended for impregnating student

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The Niger State Ministry of Education has suspended Malam Mohammed Mohammed, a Vice Principal who impregnated a female student, Miss Faith Danjuma, Alhaji Yahaya Garba, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, has said. Garba told newsmen in Minna that the ministry had written to the office of the state Accountant-General after the findings and recommendations of a committee set up by the State’s Secondary School Education Board, demanding the accused to be placed on half salary. According to him, after the ministry received a report on March 28 that the…

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16-year-old student impregnated by her Vice Principal cries for assistance

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Faith Galadima the 16-year-old student of Government Secondary School Tunga in Minna Niger state who was put in the family way by her Vice Principal Mohammed Mohammed, 9 months ago has been delivered of a baby boy. Faith Galadima delivered in Injita village in Munya Local Government Area of the State on October 28, 2017. Galadima while speaking to newsmen in Minna on Tuesday lamented the way she was treated during the pregnancy saying: “ I did not receive any assistance from the Vice Principal despite the agreement between him…

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Man Utd to tell Mourinho to sell before he can buy

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Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho will be told to offload players if he wants to add to his squad in January. The Old Trafford board want to control costs before sanctioning more outlay on new signings Mourinho has spent £285m on transfer fees on six major signings during his two years at the club. United’s most recent financial results, released in September, showed their wage bill had risen by 13.5% to £263.5m. Defender Luke Shaw, who cost United £27m in 2014 but yet to start this season, is the most…

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Jersey Island gives conditions for return of U.S.$300 million Abacha loot

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The government of Jersey Island insists that the Abacha loot would not be released to Nigeria if a third party representation is brought into the picture. The Attorney General of Jersey Island, Robert MacRae QC, disclosed this on Tuesday during the on going 7th Session of Conference of State Parties to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption, holding in Vienna, Austria. MacRae spoke at a side meeting with the Nigeria delegation led by acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu. The Jersey Attorney General expressly…

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