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Zimbabwe takeover leader Chiwenga named vice-president

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Wednesday, December 27th, 2017

Image copyright REUTERSImage captionMr Chiwenga retired as head of the armed forces last week Zimbabwe’s former army chief, Constantino Chiwenga, has been appointed as one of the country’s new vice-presidents. Mr Chiwenga led the military takeover in November that resulted in the overthrow of President Robert Mugabe. He recently retired as army chief and became a […]

Dear Bunmi, My girl’s gone off sex!

Posted by admin Headlines, Sex and Relationship Tuesday, December 26th, 2017

Dear Bunmi, I’m the general manager of a fairly big supermarket and I’m currently tempted to stray with some of my sales reps as sex with my girl is virtually non-existent. We’ve been together for about three years and at the beginning, we couldn’t get enough of each other. Much as I didn’t expect that […]

Diaspora Group condemns attack on Innoson’s CEO

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, December 26th, 2017

A group of Igbo in the diaspora, Global Igbo Alliance (GIA) has condemned the attack on the Chief Executive Officer of the Innoson Group, Chief Innocent Chukwuma, and his family by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, describing it as illegal and reckless. GIA insisted that the EFCC should have allowed […]

Nigeria spends N157bn on vehicles, aircraft parts, vessels importation

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, December 26th, 2017

LAGOS—NIGERIA spent a total of N157 billion on the importation of vehicles, aircrafts parts and vessels in the third quarter of 2017. According to the National Bureau Statistics, NBS, Foreign Trade Statistics for the third Quarter 2017, the figure rose by 17.7 per cent from the N133.4 billion the country spent in the same period […]

4 killed, 8 injured in Kaduna gunman attack

Posted by admin Headlines, Kaduna, State News Saturday, December 23rd, 2017

4 killed, 8 injured in Kaduna gunman attack — 23rd December 2017 From: Sola Ojo, Kaduna No fewer than four persons were shot dead while eight others were critically injured in an attack by alone gunman at Nindem village of Godogodo District, Jemaa Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The area, which has earlier in […]

Sokoto to create energy ministry (No Happiness Ministry?)

Posted by admin Headlines, Sokoto, State News Saturday, December 23rd, 2017

Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State said on Friday that his administration would create Ministry of Energy in 2018 to facilitate project execution in the energy sector in the state. Tambuwal dropped the hint while addressing newsmen at the Government House, Sokoto. He said that the ministry would help promote economic and commercial activities as […]

Fayose signs N98.6bn 2018 budget into law

Posted by admin Budget, Ekiti, Headlines, State News Saturday, December 23rd, 2017

amarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, on Friday signed the N98.6bn 2018 budget into law. The Ekiti State House of Assembly had on December 19 passed the 2018 budget as presented by the governor. Signing the budget into law at the Government’s House in Ado Ekiti, the governor commended the assembly for seeing to […]

West African monarch works as gardener in Canada

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Saturday, December 23rd, 2017

King of Akan, located in the village of Adansi Aboabo in Ghana, Eric Manu, has returned to Canada to resume his job as a gardener in order to raise money to provide health care for his subjects. Manu became king when his 67-year-old uncle, Dat, passed away in 2016. After living in Canada for three […]

I-G orders stop-and-search nationwide

Posted by admin General Politics, Headlines, Nigerian Police Saturday, December 23rd, 2017

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris has directed immediate commencement of stop-and-search operations during the Christmas and New Year celebrations. A statement by the Force spokesman, CSP Jimoh Moshood in Abuja on Saturday, said Idris directed all State Police Commands across the country to beef up security at flashpoints, black spots and vulnerable points […]

Okorocha gives Imo workers 18 days Christmas holiday

Posted by admin Headlines, Imo, State News Saturday, December 23rd, 2017

Gibson Achonu, Owerri The Imo state Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, has directed that the civil servants in the state to vacate for the Christmas holiday onFriday, December 22, 2017. They will resume onMonday, January 8, 2018. According to a press statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Sam Onwuemeodo, workers on essential […]