Nigeria news today headlines : Monday 23rd December 2019
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Bullion Vans: Nigeria Can’t Move Forward If Laws Are Selective — Bode George
Lagos – Chief Olabode George, a former deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said Nigeria would not become a great country if it kept using different laws to judge people, based on their position in the society. The Atona Oodua of Yorubaland said he wept for Nigeria when he heard Prof.
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Five Months After, Ndume Says Senate Leadership Election Manipulated
P/Harcourt – Several months after the tension-soaked election that brought the leadership of the 9th Senate, the former Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, has revealed that the election was “influenced by external forces”. Speaking at the thanksgiving service of Senator Barinada Mpigi at Saint Cyprian’s Anglican Church, Koroma Town, Tai Local Government Area, Rivers State on
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Wike Inciting Disunity In Ijaw Land — Gov Dickson
Yenagoa – Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has accused his Rivers State counterpart, Governor Nyesom Wike, of inciting ethnic disharmony in Ijaw land in pursuit of a wicked and clandestine ethnic supremacist agenda in the politics of Rivers State. Governor Dickson, during a live media chat in Yenagoa on Saturday night, said the Rivers
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U.S. Sowing Seed Of Religious Mistrust In Nigeria — FG
The Federal Government has accused the U.S. of attempting to sow seed of religious mistrust among the various religious groups in Nigeria with its recent report. In a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the Federal Government rejected the U.S. designation of Nigeria as “a
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Abuja Varsity Expels 100 Students, Suspends 11 Others
The Senate of the University of Abuja, FCT, has expelled no fewer than 100 students and suspended 11 others for their involvement in examination misconduct. The university, in a statement issued on Sunday and signed by Dr. Habib Yakoob, the Head of its Information and University Relations, said that 72 of the expelled students were
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PSC Promotes 40 New CPs, 98 New DCPs, 150 New ACPs, Others
Lagos – The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of six hundred and twenty three (623) senior police officers to their next ranks. Forty Deputy Commissioners of Police were elevated to Commissioners of Police; Ninety eight Assistant Commissioners were promoted to Deputy Commissioners, while one hundred and fifty Chief Superintendents were promoted to
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Three Killed, Two Abducted As Boko Haram Attacks Aid Workers
Damaturu – Three people were feared killed on Sunday when suspected members of the Boko Haram attacked aid workers in Borno State. Sources also claimed that two others were kidnapped by the insurgents. The Boko Haram attack was said to have taken place along the Maiduguri-Monguno road. UN sources in Maiduguri, Borno State, confirmed the
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Edo Assembly Crisis: PDP Writes INEC Over Vacant Seats, Demands CoR For Members
Francis Onoiribholo;Akinwunmi King Benin / Lagos – The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has written the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), asking it to, as a matter of urgency, intervene in the crisis rocking the state House of Assembly. A statement by the state Publicity Secretary of the party, Chris Osa
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Oshiomhole Has Embarrassed President Buhari Enough –Idahosa
Chief Charles Idahosa, a former Commissioner for Information in Edo state is a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In this interview with TEMIDAYO AKINSUYI, he speaks on the reconstitution of the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) by President Muhammadu Buhari, National reconciliation committee and other issues. Excerpts: President Buhari last
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Ondo 2020: Akeredolu, Deputy On Warpath?
Akure – It is common knowledge in Ondo State that all seems not to be well between Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu and his deputy, Agboola Ajayi. There have been rumours that the deputy was caught in the act of scheming to become his boss’s replacement in the 2020 governorship election in the state. When Akeredolu assumed
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