Single Term: Weighing Senator Ekweremadu’s prescription

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Love him or hate him, Senator Ike Ekweremadu has a knack for hitting at issues where they dwell and daring where angels would not. His desire for a stable and equitable Nigeria has always been obvious in his decisive political interventions, even though some of his masterstrokes get attenuated by divergent and parochial interests of co-actors in the polity. In one of such audacious moves, this time in far away New York, USA, where he delivered the 10th anniversary lecture of the Centre for Media and Peace Initiative, USA, entitled,…

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I’m not finished article – Romelu Lukaku

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Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku believes it is unfair to judge him as the finished article as he plots to end the first goal drought of his Old Trafford career. Having scored 11 goals in his first 10 games after joining United from Everton in a £75 million ($98.1 million, 84.4 million euros) move, Lukaku has not found the net in his last six matches. But the 24-year-old Belgium international says he is still a work in progress and will only improve over the course of his United career. “I…

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Tinubu lost son after showing interest in Buhari’s job – Fani-Kayode

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Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has lamented the tragic events that happen to those who occupy Nigeria’s number one seat and their loved ones or individuals who show interest in the position, saying the death of Jide Tinubu was tragic. According to him, “one year and six months before the 2019 presidential election, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, former Governor of Lagos state, APC National Leader, Buhari’s closest and most powerful ally in southern Nigeria and a man who, it is rumoured, ​h​imself has presidential ambition lost his first son”.…

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LG polls: Twin explosions rock Enugu

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Twin explosions ‎rocked Enugu Saturday morning as residents filled out to cast their votes in the Local Government election holding today in the State. The explosions occurred simultaneously at Coal Camp in Enugu North Local Government Area and Obeagu in Enugu-South Council Area. DAILY POST reports that a team led by the Enugu Commissioner of police arrested three suspects over the Obeagu explosion. Confirming the incident, the spokesman of Enugu police command, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu said “the incident of minor explosion at a spare parts workshop at the entrance in the morning…

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I ought to have died-Soyinka

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Professor Wole Soyinka, the Nobel Laureate said he ought  to have died going by his lifestyle. It was the  shocking response by the 83 year-old professor of literature and political activist to a question by the Financial Times of London, on how long he  intends  to live. “By all logic I should not be alive right now because of my lifestyle,” he replied. “I flout everything they teach at medical school, including the fact that I don’t drink water. I eat only when I want to. I don’t obey the…

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3-year jail for Chinese snubbing national anthem

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China has passed a law to punish anyone who disrespects the national anthem with up to three years in prison, state media reported Saturday. The changes to China’s criminal law were approved during a committee meeting of the country’s rubberstamp parliament, the National People’s Congress (NPC), according to the official Xinhua news agency. “Serious cases of disrespecting the country’s national anthem in public would get punishments including deprivation of political rights, criminal detention, and imprisonment of up to three years,” it said. China has been fine-tuning legislation on the proper…

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Drama as INEC REC says officials to “sleep with” corpers before Anambra election

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An instance of using words with multiple meanings nearly gave away a senior official of INEC today when he said plans have been put in place for officials to “sleep with” corps members on the eve of the Anambra gubernatorial election. While addressing civil society at a dialogue in Abuja, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of Anambra, Dr Nkwachukwu Orji said INEC is ready for the election to the last detail. However, his choice of “sleep with” caused a little drama in the hall, but he was quick to clarify…

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N400m fraud: I can’t confirm why money was paid to Metuh – Dasuki

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A former National Security Adviser, NSA, Sambo Dasuki, on Friday told the Federal High Court in Abuja that he would not be able to remember if the sum of N400m paid to a former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh, in 2014, was for the provision of security services. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had alleged that Metuh and his company, Destra Investments Limited fraudulently received the sum of N400m from ONSA without any justification and spent same on the party and personal affairs.…

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Truecaller hits 6.2 million subscribers in Nigeria

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The Chief Commercial Officer, Truecaller, Mr Ted Nelson, said on Friday that out of the 150 million phone subscribers in Nigeria, 6.2million had subscribed to Truecaller. Nelson disclosed this on the sidelines of the launch of its Developer programme in Lagos. According to him, in Africa, we have 50 million registered users and this is about 20 per cent of total global Truecaller users. “Africa is growing and it is important for us, to establish our presence. To be felt in Africa, there is the need for us to understand…

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FG to raise N1trillion from sale of oil assets

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The Federal Government is considering selling some of its stakes in oil joint ventures to raise about $3 billion (about N1 trillion) in order to reduce the deficit for 2018 budget, Daily Trust has learnt. The proposed 2018 budget of N8.6trillion has about N3.3trillion deficit, according to the details of the 2018-2020 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and the Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) seen by Daily Trust. The asset sales proposal is contained in the FG’s Economic Recovery and Growth Plan, released by the Ministry of Budget and National Planning.…

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