President Buhari has failed – Femi Okunnu

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Elder statesman and former Federal Minister for Works and Housing, Alhaji Femi Okunnu, SAN, has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari has failed Nigerians following his inability to end the killings by herdsmen in many parts of the country. He said this while speaking with newsmen at his office in Lagos. Okunnu, who is thee National President of Ansarud-deen Society of Nigeria, said: “I am troubled about these unnecessary killings. Let me say this, people of my generation are in the process of committing suicide when we see the way the…

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Niger govt begins immunisation of 1.4 million children February 8

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The Niger Primary Healthcare Development Agency says it has targeted 1.4 million children under the age of five for immunisation against measles from February 8 to 26 across the state. Mohammad Usman, the agency’s Social Mobilising Officer, made the disclosure on Thursday at a sensitisation workshop for media practitioners ahead of the exercise in Minna. Mr. Usman said that the exercise would be in two phases. He said that the agency had reached out to religious and traditional leaders to ensure the success of the programme. The social mobilising officer…

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Investors in cryptocurrencies are gamblers- Emefiele

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Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday said that it would  not render support to Nigerians investing in cryptocurrency, describing such investment has gambling. The Governor of the CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele stated this in Abuja during an interview with Bloomberg. Emefiele’s warning is coming on the heels of increasing transactions in cryptocurrencies in Nigeria. Data from LocalBitcoins, a Bitcoin start-up company, showed that Nigeria came second in the world’s peer-to-peer (P2P) Bitcoin transactions last year outpacing major European countries, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. Emefiele however…

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My battle with Davido was bigger than fighting Sani Abacha – Dele Momodu

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Ovation publisher Dele Momodu says his two-year rift with singer Davido, while it lasted, was the biggest battle of his life. Momodu and the singer had reconciled during his annual Ovation Christmas carol after their falling out in December 2015. The ace journalist had said the “true reconciliation” was facilitated by Davido’s father, Tunji Adeleke. Appearing as a guest on reality TV show ‘Celebrity Housemate’, Momodu told contestants that Davido’s popularity made the rift “bigger than fighting Abacha”. He said: “The Davido issue was my biggest battle ever. It was…

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Before ex-President Obasanjo erases history

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While writing on certain things is sometimes a complete waste of time, not doing so is sometimes a complete disservice. After all, there’s virtually no single socio-political problem in Nigeria you will comment on without repeating yourself or recycling the same solutions you offered before. This sadly signifies the little or no progress we are making towards national development. Many people had rightly advocated for the ‘take the message and leave the messenger’ formula whenever Chief Obasanjo speaks. The truth however is, the issue is far much more beyond that,…

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US presidency not for me – Oprah Winfrey

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Chat show icon Oprah Winfrey has brushed off speculation she might run for US president in 2020, saying in an interview published Thursday she lacks “the DNA for it.” When Winfrey delivered a rousing speech at the Golden Globe Awards earlier this month it rekindled longstanding speculation over the billionaire’s political ambitions — and a possible run for the Oval Office. Some Democrats — still reeling from Hillary Clinton’s shock loss to Donald Trump — have embraced the idea of having their own celebrity candidate the next time around. But…

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Pres. George Weah’s Jamaican Wife to Carry Liberian Passport

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When President George Weah was Senator he had requested the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to issue his wife a Liberian passport. She was denied on grounds that she was not a Liberian citizen. Madam Clar Weah, who was born in Jamaica to Jamaican parents, migrated to Fort Lauderdale, Florida in the United States where she runs a thriving Caribbean restaurant and grocery store. According to reports, the President met his wife, Clar, at a Chase bank, where she worked as a Customer Service personnel. He had gone to open an…

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2019: Osinbajo speaks on Buhari seeking re-election for second term

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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has revealed why President Muhammadu Buhari is not talking about seeking reelection in 2019. The Vice President said his principal was more focused on delivering his campaign promises to Nigerians than talking about 2019 general election. Reuters quoted the Vice President as making the disclosure while featuring in an interview with CNBC on Thursday. “The president is focused on this term. He wants to ensure that he delivers on the promises that were made. He is not talking about 2019,” Osinbajo was quoted as saying. This…

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41 patients die in Korean hospital fire

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A huge fire tore through a South Korean hospital Friday killing at least 41 people, in the country’s worst blaze for 15 years. More than 80 others were hurt in the fire, which comes just weeks before thousands of athletes and foreign visitors are expected in the country for the Winter Olympics. Videos posted on social media showed a patient hanging on to a rope dangling from a helicopter above the hospital in Miryang, in the far south, and another crawling out of a window to climb down a ladder.…

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Lamido reacts to Obasanjo’s statement, says Buhari has inflicted grievous pains on Nigerians

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Sule Lamido, Governor of Jigawa State, on Thursday maintained that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government has inflicted “pains, frustration, bloodbath and poverty on Nigerians.” The governor made the remark while reacting to the statement by former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s which condemned Buhari over the handling of the country’s affair. Speaking during a consultative visit to his Delta State counterpart, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa and the state chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, ahead of his 2019 presidential ambition, Lamido insisted that PDP owed it a duty to rescue Nigeria from the…

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