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Daily Archives: October 21, 2017

Reps to pass bill on climate change agency soon

Reps to pass bill on climate change agency soon

Rep. Samuel Onuigbo, the Chairman, House Committee on Climate Change, says the House of Representatives would pass a bill seeking to create an agency on climate change soon. Onuigbo disclosed this on Saturday in Abuja at a climate change walk [...]

October 21, 2017 Government and politics

Nigerians Fear Buhari, They Don’t Trust Him, Says Jonathan

The Media Office of former President Goodluck Jonathan has accused the federal government and the Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media, Femi Adesina of peddling falsehood over claims that Nigerians did not protest the hike in fuel price by [...]

October 21, 2017 Government and politics
12 years after, Southern Governors meet in Lagos on Monday

12 years after, Southern Governors meet in Lagos on Monday

Southern Governors meet in Lagos on Monday: Fiscal federalism, devolution of powers top agenda Twelve years after their last gathering, Governors from the Southern part of Nigeria will on Monday converge in Lagos to deliberate on how to forge stronger [...]

October 21, 2017 Government and politics
Pumpkin and Benefits

Farmers Emphasise Economic Advantage of Pumpkin

Ugu (Fluted Pumpkin) farmers under the auspices of Pumpkins Growers, Processors and Marketing Association of Nigeria (PUGMAN) North-east zone have stated that the commodity (Ugu) if properly harnessed is capable of contributing to the country’s foreign exchange earnings, reduce the [...]

October 21, 2017 Agriculture
Catalonia independence: Barcelona won’t be used as political tool – Bartomeu

Catalonia independence: Barcelona won’t be used as political tool – Bartomeu

Catalonia independence: Barcelona president, Josep Maria Bartomeu, on Saturday disclosed that Barca cannot be used by either side of a political battle over Catalonia’s drive to gain independence from Spain. Barcelona have backed Catalonia’s right to self-determination, but refused to [...]

October 21, 2017 Government and politics
I didn’t mean to embarrass Atiku Abubakar – Ex-daughter in-law, Bolori

I didn’t mean to embarrass Atiku Abubakar – Ex-daughter in-law, Bolori

Ummi Bukar Bolori, ex- wife of Atiku Abubakar’s son, Aminu, has given the details of what led to their battle over the custody of their two children, Amirah and Aminu. She accused Atiku’s wife, Titi of dragging the matter to [...]

October 21, 2017 Government and politics
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2019: Buhari hasn’t done enough for re-election — Junaid, Shettima

SOME eminent Nigerians of northern extraction evaluated the performance of President Muhammadu Buhari in the light of recent calls on him to seek re-election by some northern governors and declared that the President had not done enough.   Buhari This [...]

October 21, 2017 Government and politics
Director commits suicide after wife gives birth to triplet

Director commits suicide after wife gives birth to triplet [See suicide note]

Director commits suicide after wife gives birth to triplet : Edward Soje, a Director in the Kogi State Civil Service, has allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself on a tree in Lokoja, the state capital. Soje’s body was discovered on [...]

October 21, 2017 Incidents
Arewa Youth Forum President, Gambo Gujungu

Why Buhari’s anti-corruption war is failing – Arewa Youth Forum President, Gambo Gujungu

The National President of Arewa Youth Forum, AYF, Alhaji Gambo Gujungu has said that President Muhammadu Buhari has lost interest in fighting corruption. According to Gujungu, the cases of the Secretary-General of the Federation, Babachir Lawal and the Director-General of [...]

October 21, 2017 Government and politics
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Divisions tearing Nigeria apart caused by Buhari – Nwabueze

Professor Ben Nwabueze Chairman, the Patriots; Project Nigeria Movement; and Igbo Leaders of Thought has said that President Muhammadu Buhari owes it to the Nigerian people to admit that the divisions tearing the country apart are caused by his actions [...]

October 21, 2017 What Te Papers Say
Jonathan’s campaign organisation owes N24m for posters

Why Jonathan should beg God, Nigerians for forgiveness – APC

Goodluck Jonathan, former Nigerian President should keep quit and beg God and Nigerians for forgiveness, the Ondo State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said. The state chapter of the party said this while expressing disappointment at a [...]

October 21, 2017 Government and politics