UK reaffirms plegde to help Nigeria fight against terror

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The United Kingdom (UK) has reaffirmed its commitment to helping Nigeria succeed in its fight against terror. This is contained in a statement signed by Joe Abuku, the Press and Public Affairs Officer, British High Commission to Nigeria and issued in Maiduguri. The statement is coming after the official visit of the UK Minister for the Armed Forces, Nark Lancaster. Abuku quoted Lancaster as saying that the visit was a testimony to the strong defence relationship between the two countries. He added that the UK would continue to support and cooperate…

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Babachir, Baru ‘working’ for Buhari’s second term — PDP

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, alleged that top government officials are keeping “stolen money” in a special pool to prosecute President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term bid. But the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) had condemned the allegation and tasked PDP to provide proof. The PDP specifically alleged that the suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal, and the Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Maikanti Baru, were involved. ‎Addressing a news conference at the Wadata Plaza in Abuja, PDP National Publicity Secretary, Prince Dayo Adeyeye,…

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Biafra: Nigerian Army speaks on Nnamdi Kanu’s whereabouts

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The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Sani Usman, has maintained that family of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu knows where Kanu is hiding. Usman urged Nigerians to ask the younger brother and lawyer to the IPOB leader, Ifeanyi Ejiofor of Kanu’s whereabouts. The Army spokesman also said Kanu was somebody without any means of livelihood, but used “propaganda” to attract public sympathy. Speaking in Abuja, while rounding off a two-day media conference on the military’s enhancement of human rights, Usman said Kanu’s followers…

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British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro wins Nobel Literature Prize

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The 2017 Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded to British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro. Born in Japan in 1954, the author’s family moved to England when he was five years old. The writer, “in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world”, said the Nobel Prize committee in a statement on Thursday. He is best known for the dystopian work Never Let Me Go and The Remains of the Day, a book Ishiguro has said he wrote in just four…

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Buhari appoints new CBN dep gov, others

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President Muhammadu Buhari has presented Mrs Aishah Ahmad to the Senate for confirmation as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). According to a statement Thursday by the presidential spokesman, Mr Femi, Mrs Ahmad is to replace a former deputy dovernor who retired early this year. ‘In accordance with the provisions of Section 8(1) (2) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (Establishment) Act 2007, President Buhari urged the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, to consider the expeditious confirmation of Mrs Ahmad, who would then resume work immediately,” Adesina…

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Nigeria loses over 59,000 children to water related diseases yearly-Suleiman

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The Minister of Water Resources, Engr. Suleiman Adamu, on Thursday, said over 59,000 Nigeria children under the age of five die annually from preventable water and sanitation related diseases. At a news conference to commemorate the 2017 Global Hand washing Day in Abuja, the Minister noted that washing with soap before eating and after using toilet could save more lives than any single vaccine or medical intervention. He, however, regretted that 87 percent of Nigerians do not have access to hand washing facilities with soap and water available. The Minister,…

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Elite U.S. troops killed and wounded during surprise attack in Niger

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Three U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers were killed in Niger in northwestern Africa on Wednesday after their joint patrol with Nigerien forces was ambushed. One “partner nation member” also died, and two other Americans were wounded, according to U.S. Africa Command, which released new details about the incident early Thursday. The wounded were evacuated to a military hospital in Landstuhl, Germany, where they were in stable condition, officials said. The Pentagon has not disclosed the troops’ names or service affiliation, pending notification of their families. Two U.S. officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive…

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Microsoft’s Edge browser now has iOS, Android versions

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In a bid to improve cross-device user experience, Microsoft today released betas of its Edge browser for iOS and Android. The browsers have been developed to address a gap in the current Edge experience: with Windows Mobile all but unused, using Edge is a strictly PC-only experience. There’s no easy way to, for example, switch from reading a site on your PC to reading it on your phone or vice versa. The new mobile versions of Edge fill that gap and provide that cross-device experience. As is often the case with…

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Poor salary forcing good teachers out – NUT

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The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), says there is mass exodus of teachers at both primary and secondary schools in Niger State due to poor condition of service and remuneration. Malam Ibrahim Umaru, the Union’s Chairman in Niger made this known during the 2017 celebration of World Teachers Day tagged: “Teaching in Freedom, Empowering Teachers” in Minna on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) report that World Teachers Day is set aside by UNESCO to honour and celebrate teachers for their immense contributions to humanity and national development. He…

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Disconnect customers who reject prepaid meters – NERC tells distribution company

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The Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has given electricity distribution companies the permission to disconnect customers who refused to be metered, according to the Jos Electricity Distribution Company (JEDC). Its Managing Director, Alhaji Modibo Gidado, disclosed this on Wednesday in Jos, at a customers’ consultative focum. He said that the meters were being installed to minimise electricity theft and ensure that electricity consumed was paid for. The Managing Director, who was represented by Mr Verr Jirbo, the Executive Director (marketing), particularly warned customers in the four states covered by the…

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