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Nigeria can be net exporter of skills – Governor Ahmed

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Nigeria can be a net exporter of skills to the West African Sub-region by training youths to fill local and regional middle level manpower gaps. Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, stated this during a meeting with the Vice Chancellor of University of Wolverhampton, as part of his official visit to the United Kingdom. Governor Ahmed maintained that if the proper structures for the training of Nigerian youths in market-relevant vocational skills are put in place, the country will not only meet local needs for critical vocational skills but will…

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The perilous episode of fake news in Social media

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I don’t know about you, but based on the massive amount of data that’s available in the more credible news outlets, I am firmly of the opinion that fake news has reached an epidemic proportion, and Social media sites, particularly Facebook, appear to be the most efficient conveyors. A recent 2017 paper published by Hunt Allcott and Matthew Gentzkow in the Journal of Economic Perspectives (Volume 31, Number 2 , pages 211-236) reports on carefully conducted study on Social media and fake news in the 2016 election in the U.S.…

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2019 election: UN predicts what will happen

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The United Nations (UN) has predicted that the 2019 general election in Nigeria will be free of violence. Head of UN Office for West Africa, Mohammed Ibn Chambers, stated this in a chat with Channels Television. He said: “Let us not forget that so far there have been some significantly successful elections in this country by the current INEC leadership – gubernatorial elections, senatorial elections, and other by-elections. “So there have been opportunity for INEC to test itself and so far, as we can all attest to, those elections have…

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2019: Reno Omokri reveals how Buhari plans to win second term in office

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Reno Omokri, a former Special Assistant to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on New Media, has raised the alarm over what he described as President Muhammadu Buhari’s lack of intention and capacity to hold credible elections in 2019. In an open letter to the international community published through his Facebook page, Omokri alleged that President Buhari has unleashed the fascist in him by taking steps to undermine democracy and take Nigeria the way of Venezuela as the country prepares for another round of presidential elections. Omokri cited the cases of the two…

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Buhari’s Credibility Crisis

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In the Muhammadu Buhari II era, the war of convenience against corruption has also emerged in the suppression of the tradition of an annual National Honours scheme.  The government feels it is an affront to honour anyone who bears Nigerian nationality (unless, of course, such a person has been celebrated internationally). But I believe that rather than this being an actual policy, it is merely part of the haphazard and arbitrary character of this government that historians will flesh out in due course. For myself, I announce Winifred Oyo-Ita Ekanem,…

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How I got ex-President Obasanjo to act in my movie – Sam Ajibola

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Nollywood producer cum actor, Samuel Ajibola, has revealed how he convinced ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo to ”act” on his coming series. The comic actor had weeks ago kicked off his series ‘Dele Issues’ with a special episode featuring former president, Olusegun Obasanjo. In an interview with Inside Nollywood, Ajibola, aslo known as Spiff in the sitcom, ‘The Johnsons’ said it was by God’s grace as everything about the production happened all of a sudden He said: “Well, it didn’t take much time, when God wants to bless you, it just happens…

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60th National Council on Health summit begins in Ogun

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The 60th National Council on Health is currently underway in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The meeting which is the apex policy making body on health is scheduled to hold from Monday to Thursday, October 9. Secretary to the State Government, Taiwo Adeoluwa, had addressed newsmen of the readiness of the health summit when he said that machineries had been put in place to ensure a hitch-free and successful hosting of the 60th edition of the National Council on Health. Adeoluwa, who also doubles as the chairman, Local Organising Committee…

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Congo sets presidential election for December 2018

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Congo Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) has announced that the long-awaited presidential elections to replace President Joseph Kabila would take place on Dec. 23, 2018. Around 43 million voters have been registered for the vote so far, Corneille Nangaa told a news conference in Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital, Kinshasa. The election will be held on Dec. 23, 2018, with the results to be published on Jan. 9, 2019, and the president to be sworn in on Jan. 13, another official from the CENI, Jean Kalamba, also told reporters. The election,…

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How Texas church shooter was intercepted, killed

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Johnnie Langendorff, one of the men who helped to track down the Texas church gunman on Sunday has given details how the shooter was intercepted and prevented from killing more people in the church. Langendorff told Fox News that he decided to track down the killer after seeing the gunman exchanging fire with a member of the community. The gunman identified as 26-year-old Devin Kelley, attacked the  First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, which is about 30 miles southeast of San Antonio, killing at 26 people were killed and 20 wounded. Langendorff…

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Edwin Clark speaks on Avengers’ plan to bomb oil installations

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Elder statesman and National Leader of Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, Chief Edwin Clark, has appealed to the militant group, Niger Delta Avengers, to shield its threat to recommence bombing of oil facilities in the region. He said resorting to violence was not the solution to the problem facing the region. DAILY POST reports that the NDA had on Friday vowed to crush everything on its path until a united Niger Delta is achieved. http://dailypost.ng/2017/11/03/niger-delta-avengers-return-reveal-brutal-attacks-will/ Reacting to the development, Chief Clark, however, accused a powerful minister from the region, a…

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