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Any request from Buhari is good for the nation, we’ll act on it — Senate President

Senate President Ahmad Lawan has expressed willingness to approve all requests that come to the Senate from President Muhammadu Buhari. Lawan said any request that comes from Buhari is “good for the nation” and the Senate will take immediate action on them. The Senate President said this when the Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, […]

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I try as much as I can to obey the constitution, says President Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari says he tries as much as he can to obey the constitution of the country. The president said this on Thursday when he received speakers of state assemblies at the presidential villa in Abuja. In a statement issued by Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, Buhari said the constitution must be adhered to, or […]

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Anxiety in Nigeria, as Bill to regulate Social Media passes second reading at Senate

A bill to regulate the use of Social Media as well as curb fake news on the internet has passed second reading at the Senate in Nigeria. The bill, ‘Protection from Internet Falsehood and Manipulations Bill, 2019,’ sponsored by Mohammed Musa was introduced in the Senate two weeks ago. This comes a few years after […]

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Ex-President’s son stabbed to death

The son of Germany’s ex-president Richard von Weizsäcker was stabbed to death while giving a lecture in Berlin on Tuesday night, local police have confirmed. Fritz von Weizsäcker, a 59-year-old medical doctor, was delivering a lecture at the Schlosspark-Klinik hospital in the west Berlin district of Charlottenburg, a Berlin police spokesman told CNN. At about […]

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Musa to sponsor 100 university students

Super Eagles forward, Ahmed Musa, has shown his charitable side after he was unveiled as brand ambassador of Skyline University in Kano on Wednesday. The Al Nassr star, who returned to action after being sidelined by an injury for a month, starred in the Eagles’ AFCON 2021 campaign against Lesotho and Benin Republic respectively, helping the […]

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Nigerian governors reject death penalty for hate speech

The Nigerian Governors’ Forum on Wednesday rejected the proposed death penalty for hate speech in the bill at the National Assembly. The governors also expressed their readiness to conclude negotiations with labour unions on the implementation of the N30,000 minimum wage before the December 31 deadline. The governors spoke at the end of their seventh […]

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We’ve expelled students in s*x video – Babcock University

Babcock University has confirmed that a young man and a lady having sex in a video that has since gone viral were indeed its students. The school, however, said both of them have since been expelled even as it maintained that the act did not take place on its premises. Babcock University said in a […]

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Church of England consecrates first black female bishop (Photos)

The Church of England consecrated its first black female bishop on Tuesday in a ceremony at London’s St Paul’s Cathedral. Jamaican born Rose Hudson Wilkin, 58, the new Bishop of Dover, recently left her post as chaplain to the speaker of the British Parliament’s elected main house, the Commons, after nine years. “Rose has not […]

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Really Sad! Nigeria has only four instead of 180 cancer treatment machines

With four radiation machines for the treatment of cancer, Nigeria is still short of the 180 machines recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO), experts have said. Dr Bello Abubakar Mohammed, a Clinical and Radiation Oncologist at the National Hospital and President of the African Organisation for Reachout and Treatment of Cancer stated this on […]

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President Buhari condoles Atiku over aide’s death

President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled former Vice President Atiku Abubakar over the death of a close aide, Alhaji Umar Pariya. President Buhari, while reacting to the sad event, in a statement issued on Tuesday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, said: “I received the news of the death of your close […]

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I’m not afraid of death, says Olusegun Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has  said  he won’t  act like  a coward for fear of death. According to him,   he  will continue to  raise the  alarm when things are not right in the country. Obasanjo said these at the two-day interactive session of  the Presidential Youth Mentorship Retreat held at the Youth Development Centre, Olusegun […]

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Nigerian Senate rejects temporary ban on generator importation

The Senate on Tuesday rejected a suggestion from Senator Francis Fadahunsi for a five-year temporary ban on the importation of generators in order to hasten the solution to the energy crisis in Nigeria. Fadahunsi had during a debate on the motion sponsored by Senator Chukwuka Utazi, on the need to address Nigeria’s power problems, urged […]

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Jonathan faces suspension over PDP’s defeat in Bayelsa

Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan may be suspended from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over his alleged romance with the All Progressives Congress (APC) which contributed to the defeat of his party in last Saturday’s governorship election in his home state of Bayelsa…. Read some of his sins below:   – Daily Trust  

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10 shot at California party; 4 dead, 6 injured

A group of family and friends were gathered in a backyard Sunday to watch a football game when a gunman walked up and began shooting, killing four young men and wounding six others, police in Fresno, California, said. About 35 to 40 people were at the house, including several children, when the suspect — who […]

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Nigerian Senate disowns hate speech bill, as sponsor gets threat messages

Worried by the spate of criticisms that has greeted the Hate Speech Bill which passed first reading last week,  the Senate has distanced itself from the proposed legislation The  acting spokesperson for the red chamber,  Senator Godiya Akwashiki, told journalists in Abuja on Monday that contrary to widespread impression, the bill was not the idea […]

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Lagos seals eight churches, mosques over noise pollution

The Lagos State Government on Sunday closed down eight worship centres across the state for contravening environmental pollution regulations. Dr Dolapo Fasawe, General Manager, Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency who led the exercise, said that the facilities were closed down to save the people from health crisis that might arise from the activities of the […]

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Work In Progress: Jonathan hosts APC governors in Otuoke (Photos)

Former President Goodluck Jonathan hosted two governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at his residence in Otuoke, Bayelsa state, on Sunday. They are Abubakar Badaru of Jigawa state and Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi. Badaru is the chairman of the APC campaign council for the Bayelsa governorship election, while Bagudu is also […]

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If Jesus were in Nigeria today, he won’t keep quiet – Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday said if Jesus Christ were to be in Nigeria at this time, he would not keep quiet on the situation of the country. Obasanjo stated this in his goodwill message at the 64th annual national  convention of the Foursquare Gospel Church in Nigeria held at  the  church  campground on […]

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