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Daily Archives: January 5, 2020

Ihedioha pack up, Uzodinma is coming – Mbaka speaks again

Kindly Share This Story: Fr. Mbaka By Dennis Agbo SPIRITUAL Director of Adoration Ministry Enugu Nigeria, Rev Fr. Ejike Mbaka has insisted that his prophecy against Governor Emeka Ihedioha of Imo state must come to pass. Ihedioha orders ban on [...]

January 5, 2020 What the papers say

U.S. Senate at impasse over impeachment trial procedure

Kindly Share This Story: BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN – DECEMBER 18: President Donald Trump addresses his impeachment during a Merry Christmas Rally at the Kellogg Arena on December 18, 2019 in Battle Creek, Michigan. While Trump spoke at the rally the [...]

January 5, 2020 What the papers say

Man City mocker Pope in hot water over moronic social media post

Kindly Share This Story: Hours after making headlines for an eye-catching display in Vale’s 4-1 FA Cup defeat by Manchester City, Tom Pope took to Twitter to answer a question from a fan. “We invade Iran then Cuba then North [...]

January 5, 2020 What the papers say

APC to PDP: Return Nigeria’s stolen assets with apology

Kindly Share This Story: Issa-Onilu Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday counselled the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on how to restore its lost fortunes, saying the former ruling party must first return all resources stolen [...]

January 5, 2020 What the papers say

Commitment alone not enough to achieving greater Lagos goal — Sanwo-Olu

Kindly Share This Story: Sanwo-Olu By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said that determination and commitment of his administration alone are not enough to realisation of the Greater Lagos goal. Sanwoolu, however, promised to strive hard [...]

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Ayade bans aides from making policy statements on social media

Kindly Share This Story: Governor Ben Ayade By Ike Uchechukwu Cross River State governor,Prof Ben Ayade has warned Commissioners and other political appointees to desist henceforth from making public & policy statements on Social media. He gave the directive in [...]

January 5, 2020 What the papers say

PDP to Buhari: Lead by example by shunning medical treatment abroad

Kindly Share This Story: Ologbondiyan Dirisu Yakubu – Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday described President Muhammadu Buhari’s comment on overseas treatment as self-indicting and high-level deceits in governance. The party, in a statement issued by its National [...]

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Shi’ite group accuse FG of ‘planning to kill’ leader, El-zakzaky in detention

Kindly Share This Story: By Charly Agwam – Bauchi Members of Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Bauchi zone have raised an alarm, alleging that the Nigerian government wants their leader Sheikh Ibrahim El-zakzaky to die in detention. The National President, [...]

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Why Delta monarchs did not honour Uduaghan ― Ovie of Oghara

Kindly Share This Story: Ovie of Oghara kingdom, HRM Noble Eshemitan Perez Brisibe – Ughelli The Ovie of Oghara kingdom in Delta State, HRM Noble Eshimetan, Orefe III, has denied claims that the State Traditional Ruler’s Council intentionally did not [...]

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Navy impounds 2,089 bags of foreign rice worth N130m in Calabar

Kindly Share This Story: By Emma Una – Calabar Nigerian Navy Ship, NNS, Victory at the weekend impounded two thousand and eighty-nine bags of foreign parboiled rice illegally imported into the country through the Calabar Water Channel. Rear Admiral Vincent [...]

January 5, 2020 What the papers say

2023: Why power should remain in North for another 4 years ― Owie

Kindly Share This Story: Roland Owie By Ozioruva Aliu – Benin City Although 2023 when President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to finish his second term is still three years away, agitations on which zone power should shift to have been [...]

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Ibrahimovic statue vandalised again

Kindly Share This Story: Ibrahimovic statue vandalised again Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s statue in his hometown of Malmo was vandalised overnight Saturday, Swedish police reported. The statue has been the target of numerous attacks since the Swedish footballer invested in Stockholm-based Hammarby, [...]

January 5, 2020 What the papers say

BREAKING: DPR identifies illegal LPG transfer as reason for Kaduna gas explosion

Kindly Share This Story: Kaduna gas explosion The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Nigeria’s oil and gas industry regulator, has identified that illegal transfer of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG, as the reason for the latest gas explosion in Kaduna. In [...]

January 5, 2020 What the papers say

There is nothing called the North — Sen Abaribe

Kindly Share This Story: President Muhammadu Buhari; President of the Senate, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan; Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe and Deputy Senate Leader, Senator Ajayi Borrofice, during the Sallah homage to the President by the Leadership of the Senate in [...]

January 5, 2020 What the papers say

PLEDGE TO STAND DOWN IN 2023: Buhari’s silence on power shift provokes S/East, S/West

Kindly Share This Story: There’s plot against Igbo – Ohanaeze President’s quietness means support for pro-North campaigners – AfenifereI’m not surprised – Senator Olajumoke Ebenezer Babatope: APC not committed to zoning By Dayo Johnson, Dapo Akinrefon, Anayo Okoli, Olasunkanmi Akoni, [...]

January 5, 2020 What the papers say

Mourners pack Iran city as top general’s remains return

Kindly Share This Story: People carry the casket of Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani upon arrival at Ahvaz International Airport in southwestern Iran on January 5, 2020. – A tide of mourners packed the streets of the Iranian city of Ahvaz [...]

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Australia reels after another day of fire fury

Kindly Share This Story: A general view shows a burnt land on a farm after overnight bushfires in Adaminaby, in Australia’s New South Wales state on January 5, 2020. – Australians on January 5 counted the cost from a day [...]

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Thrills, frills of ‘Warri Again’ show as Teni, I Go Dye, Gyptian, Omawunmi, ROZE show class

Kindly Share This Story: Francis Agoda AKA I Go Dye By John Egbokhan It was touted to be the best entertainment concert of the year just gone by and like a well-drilled machine, the Warri Again Show truly surpassed expectations [...]

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QUEEN ZAYNAB OTITI OBANOR: Mission to empower

Kindly Share This Story: By Josephine Agbonkhese A dogged advocate for women and youth empowerment in Nigeria and Africa at large, Queen Zaynab Otiti Obanor is Founder, Arab African Economic Development Initiative, AAEDI. In this interview, she stresses that human [...]

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China starts lifting restrictions on foreign investment

Kindly Share This Story: Xi Jinping China has started lifting major restrictions on foreign investment in its financial sector, a move long demanded by the United States as the world’s two biggest economies are locked in a fierce trade battle. [...]

January 5, 2020 What the papers say

40-year-old substitute earns Rochdale draw with Newcastle United

Kindly Share This Story: Aaron Wilbraham Veteran striker Aaron Wilbraham came off the bench to earn third-tier Rochdale a 1-1 draw at home to Newcastle United on Saturday in the third round of the English FA Cup. The English Premier [...]

January 5, 2020 What the papers say

Protesters in US rally against prospect of war with Iran

Kindly Share This Story: Anti-war activists protest in front of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 4, 2020.PHOTO: AFP Demonstrators chanting “no war on Iran” rallied Saturday in Washington, New York and across the US to protest the [...]

January 5, 2020 What the papers say

More than 380,000 people dead in Syria war in nine-year ― Monitor

Kindly Share This Story: Smoke billows after a recent reported government airstrike. PHOTO: AFP Almost nine years of civil war in Syria has left more than 380,000 people dead including over 115,000 civilians, a war monitor said in a new [...]

January 5, 2020 What the papers say

FAAN closes Port Harcourt airport over bush fire

Kindly Share This Story: The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on Saturday announced the temporary closure of the Port Harcourt International Airport runway over a bush fire close to the area. The General Manager, Corporate Affairs Unit of FAAN, [...]

January 5, 2020 What the papers say