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Ahead of the 2019 presidential elections, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has resolved to pick its presidential candidate from the north.

The acting National Chairman of PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, confirmed this on Wednesday in Abuja while receiving the report of party’s Post-Election Review Committee, headed by the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike............

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The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has reiterated the military’s determination to end Boko Haram insurgency in the country in December, a statement said.

The statement was issued by the acting Director of Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, in Abuja on Wednesday.

It said Buratai restated the commitment during a routine operational visit to frontline troops in parts of the...............

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Comrade Debo Adeniran is the Executive Chairman of Campaign Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL). In this interview with AGOZINO AGOZINO at his Ijaye, Lagos office, the whistle blower and activist reveals why he is campaigning against the immediate former governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola and other issues. Excerpts:

There are allegations that CACOL is being sponsored by some people to attack former Governor Babatunde Fashola for political reasons?

No. It is not true. We have members; Our members finance any public function of CACOL. If you’re a member, you’re not expected to take anything from CACOL for whatever reason. And it is not compulsory for you to participate in all our programmes. If we are going outside Lagos, for instance, you must be prepared to contribute your own transport fare, feeding and accommodation. Each time we protest in places like Abuja or Port Harcourt, we use our members on the ground more. Those who can come from other parts of the country do that on their own. We have slept at motor parks in Abuja; we have slept at the NLC House. Even when the hall was not open, we slept at the lobby. My daughter and I have slept in front of Banex Plaza till daybreak before when we couldn’t reach one of our members who had promised to provide accommodation for us. Some of our colleagues have slept at the reception hall of the secretariat of the National Conscience Party before. So this just symbolizes how we run our programmes.
What do we buy with money that somebody needs to give us? We have intellectuals among us who put our statements together. We have those who do our leg work. Before Okada was banned in Lagos, we had several riders who were ready to disperse our letters with minimum amount. Since okada has gone out of fashion, we have reverted to the use of internet facilities and text messages. So basically, we don’t spend much. And we don’t have staffers in our secretariat. The secretariat is the headquarters of First Faculty Ventures. It is this firm that houses CACOL and other similar CSOs.

That is why we could look at anybody, eyeball to eyeball and say who are you? There is nobody we cannot call their bluff in this country, starting from former President Olusegun Obasanjo. CACOL officially started on May 29,


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The second deputy president Abuja chamber of commerce and industry, Alhaji Abubakar Al-Mutaba has said that some of the attendants benefits of the on-going international trade fair is the promotion of accelerated development of Nigeria’s commerce and industry, ensure direct attention to the role of private sector to the nation’s economy, promote strong revitalization and diversification of our economy by supporting the non oil exports and the Provision of access to resource and technology development............

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The campaign against early marriage in Nigeria appears not to be making the needed progress going by recent events.

This, at least, is what the marrying of an 18-year-old secondary school leaver at the weekend by the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, has proven.

The 18-year-old girl, Sa’adatu Barkindo-Musdafa, is the daughter of the Lamido of Adamawa, Muhammadu Barkindo-Musdafa, and the third wife of the Kano.............

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Former Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), Olu Falae, on Monday, admitted that his family paid ransom to his abductors before he was freed on Thursday.

This is even as former Chief of Defence Staff, General Alani Akinrinade, on Monday, described Fale’s abduction as a big insult to the Yoruba nation and called the Federal Government to find a solution to the incessant.............

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Nigeria, TEPNG, has announced the appointment of Mr. Nicolas Terraz as the new ManagingDirector/Chief Executive.

In a statement made available to pressmen by the company’s board, Terraz was unveiled as the new helmsman with effect from September 17, 2015.

The 46 year-old took over from Mrs. Elisabeth Proust, who the Board said had been assigned to other duties within the Group.

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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, at the weekend, gave an assurance to Lagosians that he would fulfill the electoral promises he made to them, especially in the areas of infrastructural renewal.

Ambode, who spoke at the 2015 Ojude Oba Epe Festival, held at..............

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has again hailed the Nigerian military for its string of success in the battle against Boko Haram, saying the impressive performance had shown that the terror group could, indeed, be defeated within the time stipulated by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Its National Publicity.............

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A non-governmental organisation, Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL), has queried the propriety of the choice of the two governorship candidates by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi and Bayelsa states.

This came on the heels of the recent emergence of former Governor of Kogi State, Prince Abubakar Audu and former Governor of Bayelsa State, Mr. Timipre Sylva as candidates of the APC governorship elections, scheduled to hold in Kogi and Bayelsa states on November 21, 2015 and December 5, 2015 respectively.

All Progressives Congress’s candidate for the Kogi State governorship election, Prince Abubakar Audu’s public records is that of a man that has been described in many derogatory adjectives ever since he left office as governor in................

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The Nigerian military authorities have issued a red alert against the prevailing incidences of unauthorised reproduction of the national identity cards by some unscrupulous elements in society.

A statement signed by the Acting Director of Defence Information, Col. Rabe Abubakar said, “In view of the prevailing racketeering, the Defence Headquarters hereby warns members of the public to be mindful of getting their national identification from sources other than the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC).”

It expressed concern “that such acts of illegal reproduction of the national ID cards could engender a serious............

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At least 220 pilgrims were killed in a crush at Mina, outside the Muslim holy city of Mecca, where some two million people are performing the annual haj pilgrimage, Saudi Arabia’s civil defence authority said.

At least 450 others were injured in the crush, which took place on Street 204 of the camp city at Mina, a few kilometres east of Mecca, where pilgrims stay.............

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Leading Nigerian financial institution, GT Bank has partnered with She Leads Africa (SLA) to support and invest in promising female entrepreneurs from across Africa. The She Leads Africa Entrepreneur Showcase is a platform established to provide young entrepreneurs direct access to investors, international media exposure and the opportunity to win a $10,000 cash prize. The event is billed..........

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Two sisters were burned to death at the Bovas petrol station by Osogbo Grammar School, in the Osun state capital on Wednesday. The victims were the children of the owner of the petrol station.

The victims’ mother also..........

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The Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Julius Okojie, has advocated an efficient and harmonized academic grading system that would facilitate inter-varsity credit transfer and student mobility amongst Nigerian Universities

Okojie, who made the call on Monday in Abuja in a keynote address at a one-day workshop on review of grading system in Nigerian Universities, said that a generally acceptable and uniform method of computing CGPA grading system would not only facilitate curriculum design within............

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The Vice Chancellor, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU), Abia State, Prof. Hilary Edeoga, has told newsmen in Umuahia, the state capital, that the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has continued to cushion the impact of dwindling capital allocations to the institution.
Prof. Edeoga, who disclosed this while conducting newsmen round TETFund projects in the institution in Umudike, said that TETFund had committed billions of naira into projects in the institution in the past four years, adding that such projects which include Centre for Gender Studies, was recently completed.

He said: ‘’ Throughout last year, our capital allocation was over N300 million but we did not get up to N100 million out of.....................

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Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday, said that government would explore ways to ensure that relevant agencies – including the National Boundary Commission, collaborate and coordinated effectively to deal with smuggling activities along the borders of Nigeria and its neighbouring countries.

While briefing commission,

Osinbajo indicated that the body, the Nigeria Customs and the Immigration authorities could work together to tackle the problem of smuggling, adding that it would be useful identifying actual points where....................

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A transaction officer with Access Bank, Hammed Mosuro, has been arraigned for the Magistrates’ Court in Igbosere, Lagos for the theft of N1.8 million.

Mosuro, 29, who resides at No. 90, Muler Road, Iyana Ipaja, Lagos, was arraigned on a......

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National Association of Telecom Subscribers (NATCOMS) has warned MTN to expect civil protest from Nigerian subscribers anytime soon for alleged ripping off of telecom consumers by MTN and other telco firms.

The NATCOMS President, Chief Deolu Ogunbanjo, who gave......

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The Code of Conduct Tribunal has ruled that Senate President Bukola Saraki must appear before it on Tuesday by 10am, to face a 13-count charge of alleged corruption.

The tribunal gave the ruling on Monday after the senate president failed to appear before it during the sitting, despite an arrest warrant issued against him by last.............

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Olu Falae’s kidnapperThe kidnappers of Olu Falae, a chieftain of Afenifere and National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), have demanded for a N100 million ransom.

Mr Falae, a former secretary to the government, was kidnapped from his home in the

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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has secured a $1.2 billion multi-year drilling financing package for 36 oil wells under the NNPC and Chevron Nigeria Limited Joint Venture.
This was contained in a statement by NNPC Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Mr Ohi Alegbe, in Abuja, on Sunday.
The statement stated that the NNPC and Chevron JV deal was.............

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Roseline Ololo, 91, has notified police authorities of her intention to picket the office of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos; accompanied by members of civil society groups over the refusal of the state government to return Metropolitan College and..............

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The Margaret Ekpo International Airport, Calabar; and Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, have been adjudged best performing among the airports managed by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria.

The award was based on the Performance Management System (PMS) rating recently concluded by the Authority’s Department of Planning. The PMS rating is..........

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No Nigerian university is in the first 700 higher institutions of learning in the world and the first 18 in Africa, according to the QS World University Rankings 2015/16.

However, South Africa has nine institutions while Egypt has five. Ghana, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania have one institution each.

“This is the 12th edition of QS’s annual ranking of the world’s top universities, which uses six performance indicators to assess institutions’ global......

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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it plans to raise N100.88 billion in treasury bills with maturities between three months and one year at an auction on September 23.

The bank said on Wednesday that it will.........

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As the days go by, President Muhammadu Buhari is turning out to be the most deceptive leader in Nigeria’s history. Almost everything he said in the course of the campaign has turned out to be lies, while some others like his most prominent campaign manifesto “my 100 days covenant with Nigerians” has been.......

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The authorities of the Imo State University (IMSU), Owerri, have offered 53 programmes to the National Universities Commission (NUC) for accreditation with 39 programmes securing full accreditation form the commission.

The acting Vice-Chancellor, Professor Adaobi Obasi, made the disclosure during a chat with journalists in her office at the weekend and stated that out of the 53 programes presented to NUC for accreditation, in June, eight programmes had............

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