Nigeria news today headlines update Sunday 17th November 2019
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Kogi/Bayelsa Elections: Violence, Ballot Snatching, Vote Buying Take Centre Stage
Sporadic violence marred the governorship and National Assembly polls in Kogi and Bayelsa States on Saturday. The elections came with their attendant problems of violence, ballot snatching, vote buying, ballot stuffing and other vices associated with past elections in the country. While the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was lauded for its preparations for the
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Controversy As Buhari Denies Sack Of Osinbajo’s Aides
The controversy surrounding the purported sack of 35 aides in the office of Vice President Yemi Osibanjo by President Muhammadu Buhari, became compounded on Saturday, as the President denied the termination of appointment of any aides in the Presidency. Rather, President Buhari clarified that the appointees were redeployed to a new ministry. The President,
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Kidnapped Girl, 8, Escapes From Suspected Fulani Herdsmen
ISSELE UKU – lt was a mixed feelings for the family of Shokare at weekend when their eight-year-old girl, Miss Yvonne Shokare, who was allegedly abducted by suspected Fulani herdsmen, was rescued unhurt by the vigilance group in Issele-Uku, Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State. Her father, was however, inflicted with degrees of
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Restructuring: Fashola Fears `Brexit Experience’ For Nigeria
Mr Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Works and Housing, has expressed fears that Nigeria may experience the Brexit experience, unless youths in the country are given political education to make them understand the issue of restructuring. It would be recalled that a cross-section of Nigerians had been clamouring for the restructuring of the Nigerian federation
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Northerners Will Never Endorse Or Vote Any Igbo Candidate – Junaid Mohammed
Former member of the House of Representatives in the Second Republic, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, in this interview with JULIET OYOYO, spoke on major topical issues. Excerpts: Sir, there is a recent statement by Alhaji Buba Galadima that the reason the North is agitating for a president from the region is due to the ploy by
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Sterling Bank Partners Icreate To Host Skills Festival Final
Following the successful hosting of Icreate Africa Skills Festival in Kaduna and Enugu regions, Sterling Bank Plc and other sponsors of the project have concluded arrangement to host the grand finale of the second edition in Lagos next month. Addressing a press conference in Lagos at the weekend to announce details of the event, Chief
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Uproar As Senate Trails Merchants Of Hate Speech
LAGOS – When the Senate in May 2016, bowed to pressure from Nigerians and threw out “A Bill for an Act to Prohibit Frivolous Petitions and other Matters Connected therewith”, many had thought that such a bill will never find its way to the upper chamber again. The said bill, which was sponsored by Senator
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Powerful Politicians Misled Buhari On NDDC Board Appointment – Ozobo
Comrade Austin Ozobo, a top Niger Delta rights activist, is the National President, Ijaw People’s Development Initiative (IPDI). Ozobo, the Burutu North State Constituency candidate for the Delta State House of Assembly election under the platform of the Nigeria People’s Congress (NPC) in the last election, spoke to EJIKEME OMENAZU on the politics of the
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Lamentations Of Isheri North Residents Over Flood
LAGOS – Residents of Isheri North Residential Scheme along Lagos-Ibadan expressway have continued to count their losses as a result of the flood that engulfed the area last month owing to the release of water from the Oyan Dam by the management of Ogun-Oshun River Basin Development Authority (OORBDA). The residents in a letter to
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Akeredolu’s Health And His Second Term Ambition
AKURE – In the recent time, the Ondo State governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, was in the storm of controversies in respect of his state of health. There were rumours that he had critical health challenges. But, when the governor arrived Akure, the state penultimate Friday, he admitted he had medical checkup and was subsequently advised by […]
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