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Nigeria: Was Police Chief's Video Doctored?
By Prince OsuagwuThe trending video of the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Ibrahim Idris struggling to read from a prepared speech, during the commissioning of the Police Technical Intelligence Unit in Kano State, recently, has heightened the negative side of technology. The IGP was said to have missed a line in his speech and apologised for it. But videos of the event which have gone viral on the internet portrayed the Police boss as incapable of reading his own prepared speech.
Nigeria: Juliet Ibrahim-Iceberg Slim Love Affair - Who Pulled the Plug?
Nigeria-based Ghanaian actress, Juliet Ibrahim and Nigerian rapper Iceberg Slim have been an enviable item set for the altar. The lovebirds never hid their love for each other as they celebrated it at every given opportunity; social media, at events, or wherever. "Today, I celebrate you for the great woman that you are. I'm not a man of many words (as you know) but I want you to know that I love you with everything in me. You've taught me how to love, while you took another chance at love.
Nigeria: Another Look At the China Currency Swap
After over two years of engagement, the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has finally executed the currency swap agreement with the Peoples Bank of China, PBoC. It was a $2.5 billion or Renminbi, RMB, 16 billion or over N900 billion worth of bilateral currency swap aimed at boosting foreign currency liquidity in both economies, especially Nigeria's.
Nigeria: Anglican Church to Govt - Tell Nigerians Whereabouts of Nnamdi Kanu, Parents
By Anayo OkoliThe Aba province of the Anglican Church, weekend asked the Federal Government to tell Nigerians the whereabouts of Eze Israel Kanu, father of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, his wife, Sally and the IPOB leader himself. The Church lamented the inability of the Federal Government to come out in clear terms to explain what happened to Eze Israel Kanu, his wife, and their son, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, and urged the Government to tell Nigerians their whereabouts.
Nigeria: Leah's Mum Slipped Into Coma for Two Days - Family Pastor
By Sam EyobokaTwo days after her 15th birthday, Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, revealed that the Buhari administration was doing everything necessary to free Dapchi girl Leah Sharibu and others in Boko Haram custody. The minister said: "Mr President actually addressed that issue in Washington and my position is always the same that we are yet to resolve the issue of six girls. 111 girls were kidnapped (in Dapchi, Yobe State).
Nigeria: Ebola - What It Is and How It Spreads
By Sola OgundipeThe current Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, is spreading. Latest reports indicate that the infection has spread from the traditional rural areas to urban centres. However, the World Health Organisation, WHO has not declared a global Ebola epidemic because the outbreak has not crossed international borders. Since 1976, the DRC (then known as Zaire) has experienced a total of nine Ebola outbreaks.
Nigeria: Bandits Abduct 3 Housewives in Maganda, Birnin Gwari
By Kingsley Omonobi and David OdamaTragedy was averted at a mosque in Gashua village, Gujba Local Government area of Yobe State, yesterday, as brave civilians prevented a female suicide bomber from detonating bombs strapped to her body.
Nigeria: Pope Francis Names 14 Cardinals, No Nigerian On the List
Pope Francis has named 14 Roman Catholic prelates to the high rank of cardinal, the elite group of churchmen who are his closest advisers and can enter a conclave to choose his successor if they are under 80. There was no Nigerian priest on the list, although three Nigerians are at present cardinals. They are Cardinals Francis Arinze, 85, Olubunmi Okogie, 81, and John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan, 74. The first Nigerian to be appointed a cardinal in 1976 was Dominic Ignatius Ekandem. He died in 1995.
Nigeria: APC, nPDP Leaders Meet in Abuja Today
By Demola AkinyemiIlorin — The national leadership of All Progressives Congress, APC, and members of new Peoples Democratic Party, nPDP, will meet in Abuja today in a last-ditch effort to contain agitations. The nPDP had given President Muhammadu Buhari a week ultimatum to address perceived marginalisation or they will seek membership elsewhere.
Nigeria: Benue Indigenes Accuse Govt of Protecting Killer-Herdsmen
By Peter DuruMakurdi — The leadership of ethnic groups in Benue State under the aegis of Mdzough U Tiv, Idoma National Forum and Omi Ny'Igede, have accused the Federal Government of taking sides with the leadership of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore and militant herdsmen allegedly responsible for the ceaseless killings in the state.
Nigeria: Govt Didn't Abandon 19 Nigerian Students in Russia - Amnesty Office
The Federal Government has denied reports that about 19 postgraduate students of the People's Friendship University of Russia who were granted scholarships by Presidential Amnesty Programme were abandoned.
Nigeria: 2019 Presidential Ticket - All PDP Aspirants're Sworn to One Goal - Tanimu
interview By Dirisu YakubuAlhaji Kabiru Tanimu, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, is the immediate past Minister of Special Duties and Inter-governmental Affairs is one of the declared aspirants seeking the presidential ticket of the People's Democratic Party, PDP. Taminu played a key role in the survival of the PDP in its turbulent days, particularly during the 13-month long leadership tussle that threatened the very existence of the party.
Nigeria: Patience Jonathan Will Be the Happiest Person If PDP Regains Power in 2019 - Garba Shehu
'But the happiest of them all will be Mrs. Jonathan, who will get the first priority when the refunds start coming for obvious reasons.
Nigeria: Foreign Investors Rattle Forex Market
By Babajide KomolafeFollowing the upsurge in demand for dollars last week by foreign investors, Nigeria's foreign exchange market came under pressure with analysts in divergent views as to the impact on the market this week. Financial market dealers told Financial Vanguard that the demand pressures were prompted by portfolio rebalancing by foreign investors away from emerging markets, dividend repatriations as well as response to declining yield on government securities in Nigeria.
Nigeria: Is 2018 Budget From Same Template for Slow Death?
By Henry BoyoThe National Assembly on May 16, enacted a federal budget of N9.12tn. The increase by N508bn on the N8.612tn budget, earlier presented to the legislature in November 2017, by President Mohammadu Buhari, was reportedly agreed with the Federal Executive, after crude oil benchmark was reviewed from $45 to $51/barrel, as export price steadily rose above $75/barrel.
Nigeria: 2019 Election - Buhari Still the Best Option, Says Speaker Abdullahi
Alhaji Ibrahim Balarabe-Abdullahi, the Speaker, Nasarawa State House of Assembly, said President Muhammadu Buhari still remained the best presidential material for Nigeria considering his laudable achievements in the country. Balarabe-Abdullahi made this known on Sunday at a rally organised by a youth group known as Nasarawa State APC Youth Awareness Group. The rally was organized to endorse Sen. Abdullahi Adamu's third term bid for the Senate.
Nigeria: IPOB, Ohanaeze Flex Muscles Over Restructuring Summit
By Emeka Mamah and Anayo OkoliIndigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, yesterday declared what it called "mother of all battles" with the leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, over the latter's decision to hold a seminar on restructuring at Awka, Anambra State capital today. This came as -Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Wing, OYW, worldwide, insisted that the South-East Zonal Summit on restructuring scheduled for today in Awka, Anambra State must go on despite the threat by members of the IPOB.
Nigeria: How Courageous Civilians Foil Suicide Attack in Yobe Mosque - Army
The Nigerian Army says some courageous civilians on Sunday foiled a suicide bomb attack by a suspected female Boko Haram member on a mosque in Gashua, Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe. Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, theDeputy Director Public Relations,Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole, disclosed this in a statement released in Maiduguri.
Nigeria: Osun Govt Versus OAU - Untold Story of Tax Brouhaha
By Gbenga OlarinoyeOsogbo — What would have been a perfect denouement in the face-off between the Osun State Government and the authorities of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile Ife, over unremitted taxes by the institution, has set a stage for a fresh round of controversies. Recall that the institution's campus was sealed by officials of the Osun Internal Revenue Service, OIRS, because OAU's management failed to remit tax deductions running to over N1. billion from staff salaries.
Nigeria: Oil Price Hits $80 Per Barrel, Highest Since 2014
By Sebastine Obasi With Agency ReportDespite the huge N500 billion mark up on the Federal Government's expenditure outlay in the 2018 Appropriation Bill as passed by the National Assembly earlier this week, the government is still going to hit budget surplus at end of the fiscal year as the price of oil shot up to $80 per barrel, yesterday, the highest since November 2014. Estimated surplus coming with this new oil price is about $58.63 million per day.
Nigeria: Fitch Affirms Nigeria's 'B+' Rating, Negative Outlook
By Obinna ChimaFitch Ratings has affirmed Nigeria's long-term foreign-currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'B+' with a negative outlook. This is just as the country's external reserves recorded a second consecutive day drop to $47.787 billion as of May 15 compared with N47.846 billion last Friday. External reserves figures seen on the Central Bank of Nigeria's website showed that this was the second time the accretion to the forex reserves currently at a five-year high was halted.
Nigeria: States Should Determine Oil Subsidy, Not NNPC - Governors
By Henry UmoruAbuja — Governors of the 36 states of the federation, yesterday said that states should be saddled with the responsibility of determining how much should be paid as subsidy by the federal government. Rising from a meeting in the early hours of yesterday in Abuja, the governors, under the aegis of Nigerian Governors' Forum, said the responsibility of who determined what should be paid as subsidy should not be on the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, but on the states.
Nigeria: Saraki Vs IGP - Kwara Reps, Lai Mohammed, Youths in Verbal Exchange
By Emman Ovuakporie and Demola AkinyemiAbuja — The controversy arising from the arrest of some alleged cultists in Kwara State and warning of blackmail against Senate President, Bukola Saraki, deepened yesterday as the Kwara State caucus in the House of Representatives and the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, joined the fray.
Nigeria: N1.8 Billion Properties Linked to NDDC Official Forfeited to Govt
Justice Chuka Obiozor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Thursday ordered a temporary forfeiture of some properties worth N1.8 billion allegedly belonging to Tuoyo Omatsuli, Executive Director, Projects, Niger Delta Development Commission, NNDC, to the federal government. Justice Obiozor gave the order following an ex-parte application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
Nigeria: Common Food Myths That Are Really Not True
You’ve no doubt heard many tales about food and nutrition: which foods to avoid and which to gorge on, which are carcinogenic and which cause acne. But not all should be taken at face value! Jumia Food, Nigeria’s no 1 food ordering platform shares some of the most common food myths. Microwaving food kills nutrients Nutrient loss in food is actually caused by heat and the amount of time you’re cooking the food.
Nigeria: NNPC, Nigeria's Oil Behemoth Records N547bn Losses in Three Years
By Ejiofor Alike with Agency ReportsIt's meant to be a cash cow, but the state oil company of Africa's biggest producer is bleeding money. The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, the Abuja-based behemoth that dominates Nigeria's energy industry, has recorded losses for at least last three years, culminating in a total loss of N546.63 billion, statements on its website show.
Nigeria: Health Workers Strike - JOHESU Wants Health Minister Sacked
By Nike AdebowaleThe Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) has called for the immediate removal of Isaac Adewole as Nigeria's Minister of Health. The union said his continued stay remains a major barrier to the resolution of the ongoing nationwide strike by health workers. The minister has been at the forefront of the efforts to end the strike and has repeatedly said government is committed to resolving the issues.
Did Nigerian Police Chief Struggle to Read His Own Speech?
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Nigeria: 3 Slaughtered By Herdsmen, 10 Killed By Bandits in Fresh Kaduna, Benue Attacks
By Ben Agande and Peter DuruNo fewer than 13 persons have been killed in fresh attacks in four villages in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna State, and Ukemberagya community, Gaambe-Tiev council ward of Logo Local Government Area of Benue State. While 10 were killed by bandits in Birnin Gwari communities on Tuesday, three others were slaughtered in Benue by herdsmen, yesterday.
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