Former Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has expressed concerns over the alarm by former President Olusegun Obasanjo that the Federal Government plans to arrest Mr Obasanjo on trumped up charges. Chief Olusegun Obasanjo raised the alarm on Friday through a statement by his spokesperson, Kehinde Akinyemi. Reacting to the development through a statement he personally signed […]
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The National Assembly will fast track the passage of the new national minimum wage bill, once the executive bill is sent to it. Sen. Mao Ohuanbuwa, Deputy Chairman of the Senate Committee on Labour, made this known while speaking with newsmen on Friday in Geneva, Switzerland. Ohuanbuwa said that the Senate President had already given […]
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has accused the Buhari administration of plotting to slam false charges on him, to pave the way for his indefinite detention. The former leader said the government was planning to use fake documents and witnesses against him. He said he had it on good authority that his name has been placed […]
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A human rights activist and senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, says by declaring June 12 Democracy Day, President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has put an end to the “hypocrisy” of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo. In a statement, Falana said declaring June 12 as Democracy Day “validated the integrity of the fair and free election that […]
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Nigeria’s Super Eagles again played below the expectations of Nigerians for the second time as it lost 0-1 to Czech Republic in an international friendly on Wednesday. The match played at the Rudolf Tonn Stadium Austria, a multi-purpose facility in Rannersdorf, a city in the sub-division of Schwechat outside Vienna, left the Eagles and Nigerians asking questions […]
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The world is less peaceful than a decade ago, mostly due to conflict in Middle East and Africa that is costing the global economy trillions of dollars, an international index showed on Wednesday. “There’s been a gradual decline in peacefulness over the last decade,” said Steve Killelea, head of the Institute for Economics and Peace […]
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The Federal Republic of Nigeria has been ranked the 16th least peaceful country in the world, according to the 2018 edition of Global Peace Index (GPI). The report, released on Wednesday, ranked Nigeria 148 out of the total 163 countries surveyed. Iceland is the most peaceful country, closely followed by New Zealand and Austria while […]
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The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has asked Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz, to withdraw his ‘This is Nigeria’ video and apologise to Nigerians, or face legal action. In the recently released video, some girls dressed in hijab were seen dancing the “shaku shaku” dance. But MURIC, in a statement by Ishaq Akintola, its director, […]
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NIGERIA – The minister of women affairs, Aisha Alhassan, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) will govern the country forever. The minister said this on Monday after the inauguration of the Taraba state chairman at the ruling party’s national secretariat in Abuja. Alhassan also known as “Mama Taraba” expressed hope that the APC would take […]
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Fellow Nigerians, recently approved excise duty for alcoholic beverages and tobacco will take effect on Monday, June 4, 2018. Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari had approved the amendment to the excise duty rates in March. The amendment came after Kemi Adeosun, minister of finance, wrote to the president seeking approval for the excise reviews that […]
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