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Buhari fixing wrong people in strategic positions – Dino Melaye

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Senator Dino Melaye has noted that there are so many square pegs in round holes in the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Melaye said Buhari’s selections were synonymous to someone wearing oversized shoes, adding that there were lots of nepotism in the President’s appointments. In an interview with Vanguard, Melaye, a chieftain of the ruling party, said, “Let me tell you, in this government, we have square pegs in round holes. “You cannot give carpentry work to a tailor and you expect him to perform. We need to rejig the economy…

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kenyan scholar wants Late Fela immortalised

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Prof. Patrick Lumumba, a Kenyan Professor of Law has urged Africans to immortalise Fela Anikulapo-Kuti and his ideal of a corrupt-free society. Lumumba said this during the 2017 Felabration, with the theme: “40 Years after FESTAC, 20 Years after Fela, Wither the Pan-African Dream?” Felabration is an annual music festival conceived in 1998 by Yeni Anikulapo-Kuti in memory and celebration of her father Fela, a Nigerian musician and human rights activist known for pioneering the afrobeat genre of music. Lumumba said that Fela had remained ever green because of his…

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Nigerian Army: Operation Crocodile Smile II in Niger Delta begins Friday

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The Nigerian Army has announced that Exercise CROCODILE SMILE II will commence on Friday. The Army said the exercise which will “span across three Divisions of the Nigerian Army, 2,6 and 81” is in line with the training of troops in the “conduct of Internal Security Operations.” A statement by the Director Army Public Relations, Col Sani Usman, added that Exercise CROCODILE SMILE II was “based on Constitutional provisions.”  Recall that the Army had last year launched the operation in the Niger Delta region of the country. The statement…

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Ghost workers: FG’s savings hit N120bn

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The Federal Government on Tuesday put the cumulative savings from checking the ghost workers’ syndrome through the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) at N120 billion Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Ahmed Idris, said this in Abuja in a presentation on the impact of financial reforms on the Nigerian economy, at the 22nd Annual Conference of Certified National Accountants. The three-day conference, with the theme “Sustainable Economic Management in a Recession: Issues, Strategies and Options”, was organised by the Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN). Idris…

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6,000 card reader machines for Anambra Guber poll

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Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Tuesday that it had deployed over 6, 000 card reader machines to ensure smooth conduct of the Nov. 18,  Anambra governorship election. Mr Charles Mbanaja, INEC Administrative Secretary in Anambra, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka. Mbanaja said that out of the machines provided 5,000 had been tested and found to be in good working condition. The secretary assured stakeholders of the readiness of the commission to provide a level playing ground to in…

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Ageing Federation, ICT institute to create database of older persons

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The International Federation of Ageing-Nigeria (IFAN), an NGO, says it will partner the Digital Bridge Institute(DBI) to create a database of older persons with a view to harnessing their potential. IFAN’s Coordinator, Mr Ike Willie-Nwobu, spoke with newsmen on the sidelines of the 2017 International Day of Older Persons, hosted by DBI on Tuesday in Abuja. DBI was established by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to promote the development of human resources capacity and provide training in Information Communication Technology (ICT). This year’s theme is “Tapping the Talents, Contribution and…

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No case of monkey pox in Enugu State-health official

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Dr Okechukwu Ossai, the Director of Public Health in Enugu State, says there is no reported case of monkey pox in the state as insinuated in the social media. Ossai who spoke on Tuesday in Enugu, said that officials of the state Ministry of Health had investigated the rumour and found out that it was false. “We went to Park Lane Teaching Hospital where it was rumoured of a suspected case of monkey pox and discovered that it was false. “There was no history of travel or contact with animal…

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FG won’t relent in yam export initiative – Ogbe

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The Federal Government says it will not relent in its yam export policy which is aimed at attracting foreign exchange for the country. Chief Audu Ogbeh, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, said this during a sensitisation walk in commemoration of the World Food Day in Abuja on Tuesday. Ogbeh, who was reacting to reports that some yams recently exported to Britain were rejected, said that the policy had come to stay. The minister said that the set back would not deter the dealers of the produce from exporting…

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World Cup: Messi, Argentina in battle of Quito

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Lionel Messi and Argentina will be fighting for their World Cup lives on Tuesday as the South American heavyweights take on Ecuador aiming to avoid a humiliating failure to qualify for next year’s finals in Russia. The eyes of the football world will turn to Quito’s Estadio Olimpico Atahualpa to see if the once unthinkable prospect of a World Cup without Messi is to become a stunning reality. The two-time World Cup winners head into the final round of South American qualifiers in sixth place, outside the top four positions…

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FG owes Akwa Ibom billions of naira committed to federal roads- Akparawa

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The Akwa Ibom State government, Udom Gabriel Emmanuel, has appealed for a refund of hundreds of billions of naira the Federal Government owed the state through its intervention on federal roads in the state. Speaking through the state Commissioner for Works, Mr. Akparawa Ephraim Inyang-eyen in Uyo on Monday, the governor told newsmen that the billions of naira committed to federal roads around the state during the immediate past administration have remained unremitted to the state coffers. The commissioner, however, regretted that the situation has made the government incapable of…

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