No micro zoning of PDP chair, presidential ticket — Makarfi

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The Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led national caretaker committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, told the party’s chairmanship contenders to forget micro zoning of the coveted office to a particular geo-political zone in the South. This means aspirants from the South West, South South and South East will slug it at the party’s elective convention scheduled to hold in December. The committee also said the presidential ticket of the PDP, which had been zoned to the North, would be open for contenders from the three geo-political zones in the region:…

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Wrestler Power Uti in custody for wife’s death

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A Chief Magistrate Court, sitting in Ebute-Meta, Lagos, Tuesday ordered that former Nigerian wrestler, John Uti also known as “Power Uti” should be remanded in prison custody over alleged murder of his wife.‎ He is alleged to have beaten his wife Toyin Uti, to death, and abandoned her body at their residence, 17, Oremeji Street, Ilupeju, Lagos, on October 10, 2017. Uti, who reigned in wrestling world in the 80s to 90s, is facing a  two-count charge of murder and negligence. The magistrate granted a N500,000 bail and sent Uti’s…

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Accountant-General’s acquittal upturned, bags 70 years over N1.6bn fraud

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The Court of Appeal Kebbi Division has upturned the judgment of a Kebbi State High Court which discharged and acquitted Mohammed Arzika Dakingari, Accountant General of Kebbi State on charges of conspiracy and obtaining by false pretence preferred against him and one other by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). EFCC, in a statement on its website, said Dakingari, among other things, allegedly used his office as the Accountant-General, Kebbi State for personal enrichment to the tune of N1.6billion. Dakingari was charged alongside Musa Yusuf, Managing Director, Beal Construction…

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My husband is a lazy man, wife tells court

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A Customary Court in Mapo, Ibadan, on Tuesday dissolved a 21 year-old marriage between one Ibrahim Tajudeen and his wife Idowu over laziness and irresponsibility. The President of the court Mr Ademola Odunade, who granted Idowu’s request for dissolution of the marriage, said a peaceful coexistence between husband and wife was necessary in any marriage. “It is our duty as a court to ensure peace wherever there is trouble. “The union between Idowu and Ibrahim has ceased to be henceforth. “Custody of the three children produced by the union is…

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Transparent solar technology represents ‘wave of the future’

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Led by engineering researchers at Michigan State University, the authors argue that widespread use of such highly transparent solar applications, together with the rooftop units, could nearly meet U.S. electricity demand and drastically reduce the use of fossil fuels. “Highly transparent solar cells represent the wave of the future for new solar applications,” said Richard Lunt, the Johansen Crosby Endowed Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at MSU. “We analyzed their potential and show that by harvesting only invisible light, these devices can provide a similar electricity-generation potential…

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Troops arrest kidnappers, oil bunkerers, destroy illegal refineries in Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Rivers

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Military troops under Operation Crocodile Smile II have arrested kidnappers, armed robbers, oil bunkerers, destroying several illegal refineries in Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa and Rivers States. The Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 6 Division of the Nigerian Army, Col. Aminu Iliyasu, explained that the operation has been stepped up since its launch. He said: “Following the official flag off of Operation Crocodile Smile II by the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai on Friday October 13, 2017, the tempo of operational activities within 6 Division Area of…

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Plugged music festival debuts in Port Harcourt this Chiristmas

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Pleasure Park Port Harcourt and Plugged Music Festival Ltd have reached an agreement to jointly organise one of Nigeria’s biggest and dopest Music Festival, The Plugged Music Festival in the spanking new and expansive Port Harcourt Pleasure Park, this Christmas. According to a statement released by the Chief Executive Officer of the Plugged Music Festival, Mr. Chima Emmanuel Aguma, the 2-day Festival at the heart of the city of Port Harcourt, will bring together top acts of the Nigerian music industry to the garden-city for an event like no other…

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Nigerian government can’t ban doctors from private practice – NMA

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The Nigerian Medical Association has kicked against a recent order by the Nigerian government, banning private doctors from practising in government facilities. The association has also threatened to go on holiday, leaving public hospitals to be run by paramedics if they were being equated with them. At a press conference in Ilorin to mark the 2017 Physicians’ ‎week, NMA president Mike Ogirima asked the federal government to come out clear and define what it meant by working hours because according to it, doctors in public hospitals were already working more…

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Vladimir Putin says genetically-modified super soldiers ‘worse than a nuclear bomb’ could be a reality

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VLADIMIR Putin says genetically-modified super soldiers “worse than a nuclear bomb” could soon become a reality. The strongman Russian President spoke to a crowd of students about the prospect of an army of trained killers incapable of feeling “pain or fear” much like the characters in the 1992 action movie Universal Soldier. The Sun reports Putin revealed that scientists are close to breaking the genetic code which would enable them to create “a human with pre-designed characteristics”. Speaking at the 19th World Festival of Youth and Students in Sochi, Putin warned of…

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Buhari’s Ambassadorial nominee to United States too old, may be rejected – Matthew Page

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A former U.S intelligence community expert, Matthew Page, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s 82-year-old Ambassadorial nominee to the United States, Sylvanus Nsofor, may be rejected for not being a “dynamic and energetic” person. Recall that Nsofor’s nomination as Ambassador to the U.S had sparked controversy when President Buhari sent his name to the Nigerian Senate. The Senate had rejected Nsofor’s nomination after the Department of State Services (DSS) advised that the ambassadorial nominee “will not be able to perform the duty of an officer due to his advanced age.”…

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