Day: March 20, 2016

Those Asking Me To Account For Abacha’s Loot Are Stupid — Obasanjo

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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed angst against those asking him to account for recovered Abacha loot, describing them as illiterates and stupid people. He also said there was nothing wrong in President Muhammadu Buhari’s frequent trips as, according to him, Nigeria needs to be in touch with important centres of the world. Obasanjo, who stated this in an interview, weekend, said the role of his office was to facilitate the recovery process and not how it was put to use. He said: “They said the money recovered from Abacha,…

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Nigeria Spends $1bn To Import Tomato Paste —UNEP

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THE United Nations Environmental Programme, UNEP, has lamented that the Nigerian government spent about $1 billion on importation of tomato paste. The African Regional Coordinator of UNEP, Dr. Richard Munang, who made the revelation, weekend, during the official inauguration of the Nigeria branch of Ecosystem-Based Adaptation for Food Security Assembly, EBAFOSA, also noted that over 75 per cent of tomatoes were wasted in the country because of lack of storage facilities. He expressed regrets that about 240 million people in the continent go to bed hungry and that malnutrition was…

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Terrifying: Latest Specie Of Corn

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Here is a terrifying looking specie of corn, which has got Nigerians talking on the social media. Nigerians are alleging its a new specie of corn from one of the wonders of genetically modified organism (GMO) plants. The new corn is as black as a charcoal. One Nartey Tetteh Humphrey on Facebook has this to say, “This isn’t the hand work Allah or God please its the handwork of the devil GMO they are about destroying the fertile lands of Africa please watch out.”  

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AFCON 2017 Qualifiers: Arsenal ‘s Alex Iwobi Arrives Eagles Camp

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Arsenal forward, Alex Iwobi, has arrived at the Super Eagles camp in Abuja ahead of the crucial 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying matches against the Pharaohs of Egypt. Iwobi who arrived Sunday afternoon is the first to arrive among the 20 foreign-based players invited by interim Super Eagles coach, Samson Siasia, for the crucial double-header against the Pharaohs of Egypt. Iwobi, who has been enjoying a good run of form of late, was in action for the Gunners on Saturday in the game against Everton. He scored against the…

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Death Rumours: Group Want Ekiti Govt To Apologize To DSS

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A civil society organization, Nigerians in Diaspora Monitoring Group (NDMG) has asked the Ekiti State government to immediately tender an unreserved apology to the Department of State Services (DSS) for raising false alarm that a member of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Mr Akanni Afolabi has been killed in the custody of the secret police. The group in an electronic statement made available to journalists on Sunday described the “false alarm” raised by the Ekiti government as the height of irresponsibility. The statement which was signed on behalf of the…

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Rivers Rerun : They Have Federal Might, But We Have The People – Governor Wike

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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that the rerun elections in the state have shown clearly who is on ground and who is accepted by the people. He said the rerun elections have proved that the control of INEC, Federal might, military, police and other security agencies cannot not translate to electoral victories as the people will always resist agents of rigging.… Governor Wike also accused the defeated the Rivers State APC Governorship Candidate, Dakuku Peterside and his defeated running Asita Asita of hijacking results from Isiokpo in…

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FG Eyeing 1,000 MW Of Electricity From Coal By 2020 — Fayemi

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Nigeria is expected to generate 1000 mega watts of electricity from coal by year 2020 to supplement other sources of energy currently in use in the country. Dr. Kayode Fayemi, Minister of Solid Minerals Development, disclosed this at an Economic Summit organised by the New Telegraph newspapers with the theme, “Nigeria: Beyond the Oil Economy”, in Lagos last week. Also, the diversification of the nation’s economy has been yielding positive results, with the country earning about N400 billion from solid minerals in 2015, according to the Central Bank of Nigeria…

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NAPTIP Rescues 50 Traffickers In Kano

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The Kano zonal command of the National Agency for the prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and other Related Matters (NAPTIP) on Sunday said it had rescued about 50 victims of human trafficking within two months. In an interview with NAN, Shehu Umar, NAPTIP zonal commander, said the victims who comprised males and females, had since been reunited with their respective families. He disclosed that the command had recorded 23 cases of trafficking, child labour, sexual exploitation and other related cases within the period under review. Umar said out of the…

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Deeper Life Easter Retreat Begin March 24

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The Deeper Christian Life Ministry (DCLM), owners of Deeper Life Bible Church (DLBC) worldwide has concluded plans for its annual national Easter Retreat. This years event will begin on Thursday, March 24 and will end on Sunday, March 27, across the country. Speaking on the programme, the General Superintendent of the DCLM, Pastor William Kumuyi, has assured all would-be participants  of God’s special intervention in all spheres of their lives. Kumuyi, who expressed optimism that God would visit the people in a mighty way, announced that the event with the theme,…

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