Jubilation in Comrade Oshiomhole camp as APC holds national convention

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The Campaign office of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, sole candidate for national chairmanship position of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) was a beehive of activities on Friday as delegates from the states who arrived Abuja for the party’s National Convention besieged his office located in Aso Drive area to felicitate with him. The former governor of Edo State became the sole candidate after two other aspirants, Prof. Oserhiemen Osunbor and Clement Ebri announced their withdrawal from the race. Many of the delegates and supporters of Oshiomhole were seen jubilating saying…

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Police nab two men for defiling 13-year-old girl

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Two men, Ayo Tayo, 33, and Chidozie Innocent, 20, have been arrested in Lagos for engaging a 13-year old girl in marathon sex and watching themselves in action. The incident occurred on 6 May, 2018 at Anuoluwapo Street in Ejigbo, Lagos where they resided. It was gathered the suspects lured the victim into a room, stripped her and engaged her in sex romp despite that fact that she was underage. Police source confirmed that the two men also used her to entertain themselves by watching the action before the act…

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Governor Okowa: I want to be remembered for developing riverine communities

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Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta state has assured riverine communities that they would enjoy special attention during his tenure, saying he would want to be remembered as a governor in the state who gave adequate attention to riverine communities. The governor spoke in Burutu local government area during a town hall meeting with the people. The governor used the occasion to commission several projects in the area, promising that he would soon come back for more commissioning. “I will like to be remembered for the commitment of my administration to…

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NAFDAC DG Adeyeye sacks consultants over anomalies

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Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye has revoked the appointments of consultants to the agency over allegations of anomalies and irregularities In a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja, Prof. Adeyeye noted that the activities of the consultants were detrimental to the Federal Government’s ease of doing business policy. “The operations of the NAFDAC Appointed Consultants in recent times have been fraught with a lot of challenges and irregularities, which militated against…

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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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