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Akwa Ibom, Headlines, Legislature, National Politics, Senate, State News, Top Stories
Friday, September 13th, 2019
Akpabio not returning to Senate, Ekpenyong wins at Tribunal The National and State House of Assembly Election Tribunal, sitting in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom state has upheld the election of Christopher Ekpenyong, striking out the petition by Sen. Godswill Akpabio. In a landmark judgment delivered on Wednesday, the Tribunal held that the Akwa Ibom North […]
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Headlines
Friday, September 13th, 2019
Rape case: Group threatens to name pastors sponsoring Fatoyinbo’s ordeaL By Emmanuel Afonne A human right and social justice organisation, Social Justice League (SJL) has threatened to publish the names of “big Pastors” alleged to be behind the ordeal of Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo, Senior Pastor, Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA). The group made the threat […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, September 13th, 2019
Mugabe now to be buried in new mausoleum in October (dpa/NAN) A burial for Zimbabwe’s former president, Robert Mugabe, will be held at the National Heroes Acre sometime in October, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Friday. It was previously agreed that there would be a symbolic burial on Sunday in the hilltop shrine in Harare, […]
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Africa & World Politics, Headlines
Friday, September 13th, 2019
Zambian female banker has been suspended for allegedly sleeping with over 200 men while promising them jobs, according to a report by the ZambianWatch. The woman identified asMutale Winfridah, a branch senior executive of ZANACO bank, was suspended by bank management for sleeping with over 200 different men who were both clients and job […]
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Canadian Politics, Headlines
Friday, September 13th, 2019
Nigerian-born Uzoma Asagwara has been elected as a lawmaker into the Manitoba Legislative Assembly in Canada. Asagwara, a psychiatric nurse and community activist, was announced as the winner of Manitoba’s Union Station riding on Tuesday, making Asagwara the first Black, queer woman in the legislature, reports CTV. She is also one of three Black people […]
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Headlines
Wednesday, September 11th, 2019
The National Youth Service Corps Coordinator in Kano State, Ladan Baba, says no fewer than eight foreign-trained graduates were refused registration due to incomplete and inconsistent documents. Baba revealed this on Monday during the passing out parade of the 2019 Batch ‘B’ Corps members after three-week orientation course at the NYSC permanent camp in Kusalla, […]
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Headlines
Tuesday, September 10th, 2019
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja Musician, Timi Dakolo, has lambasted controversial blogger, Kemi Olunloyo, for mocking his wife, Busola Dakolo, who accused Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly of rape. The musician said the N10m his wife demanded from Fatoyinbo as legal fees was nothing as he could make the sum in just one […]
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Headlines, NYSC (National Youth Service Corp)
Tuesday, September 10th, 2019
Olaleye Aluko, Abuja Some overseas graduates have been returning to the country to undergo the National Youth Service Corps, despite being above 30, The PUNCH has learnt. Two of the corps members, who are in their 60s and based in the United States, Louis Ebodaghe and Olusegun Abebe, passed out with the 2019 Batches A […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Friday, September 6th, 2019
Head coach of the Super Eagles, Gernot Rohr, will be without captain Ahmed Musa, for Tuesday’s international friendly against Ukraine, according to Sporting Life. The Al-Nassr winger has pulled out of the game with injury, that has failed to heal as quickly as expected. Musa joins defenders Kenneth Omeruo, Tyronne Ebuehi, midfielder Wilfred Ndidi and […]
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Africa & World Politics, Ekiti, Headlines, Kaduna, State News
Friday, September 6th, 2019
Nigerians have been reacting to the presence of Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State and Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II in South Africa, in light of the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and other foreign nationals in the country. The Federal Government had on Wednesday announced its withdrawal from […]
