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Buhari to depart Nigeria For Equatorial Guinea on Friday
President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja on Friday to participate in the 5th Gas Exporting Countries Summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, disclosed that apart from Buhari, the meeting would be attended by leaders of major gas-producing nations of the world. They include Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Bolivia, Iran, Qatar, Russia, Trinidad and Tobago, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela, Kazakhstan, and Norway, which account for 70 per cent and 80 per cent of global gas reserves and production respectively.
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Governor Matawalle alleges Yari of paying himself N360m pension.
Governor of Zamfara state, Bello Mohammed Matawalle has accused the immediate past governor of the state, Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar, of paying himself N360 million from the state pension funds shortly before he left office. The governor said this in Wednesday while assenting to a law stopping jumbo allowances for former governors, deputies, speakers and their deputies in the state. Matawalle, while assent the bill, said, “If you could remember former governor Yari had sent a letter to me demanding that his N10 million monthly upkeep allowances be paid and he was even threatening to take me to court should I…
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IFFHS Names Messi Worlds best Playmaker.
The International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) has named Lionel Messi the World’s Best Playmaker. Messi won his fourth Award after 2015, 2016 and 2017 with a runaway victory of 214 points before Belgium and Manchester City playmaker,Kevin De Bruyne and Real Madrid winger, Eden Hazard. See top 10 below: 1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) – 299 points 2. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)- 85 3. Eden Hazard ( Chelsea/Real) – 55 4. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) – 46 5. Bernardo SIlva (Manchester City) – 32 6. Dusan Tadic (Ajax) – 30 7. Frenkie De Jong (Ajax/Barcelona) – 25 8.…
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You are broke because you spend too much Time on Social Media – Erigga
Nigerian Rapper, Erigga has expressed in a series of tweets that a lot of people are broke because they spend too much time online arguing about celebrities. The Warri rapper also pointed out that a lot of people are quick to attach their misfortunes to witches in their village, instead of doing something meaningful. See his tweets below:
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Buhari will sink this Country – Deji Adeyanju
Earlier today President Buhari had requested the 9th assembly to approve the borrowing plan that was rejected during the 8th assembly under the leadership of Senator Bukola Saraki and RT. Hon. Yakubu Dogara. Reacting to this new development, the popular activist expressed that the country is bound to sink under the leadership of the president.
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No attempt to muzzle Nigerians will succeed – IBB speaks on hate speech Bill
Former military ruler, General Ibrahim Babangida, has given his position on the move by the National Assembly to pass the hate speech bill into law by stating that he knows from experience that Nigerians can not be muzzled. He said this while speaking to journalists at his hilltop mansion in Minna saying no attempt to gag the Nigerian media would be possible. His words: “One thing I have discovered is that no attempt to muzzle Nigerians will succeed,” he stated.
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Gas explosion kills Two Children, burns 23.
A report has confirmed that two children have died and 23 injured following a gas explosion at a gas store at Aduke street in the Ajegunle area of Lagos state. General Manager of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Femi Osayintolu, confirming the incident said following the explosion, adjoining shops were burnt down in the inferno. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained
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You want to destroy a Future for aesthetic value?? – Kate Henshaw tells Mothers who bleach their Babies
Nollywood actress Kate Henshaw has called women who buy unverified products to ‘glow their babies’ to stop doing so as they need to leave their kids out of this new form of self-loathe. Sharing a picture which stated clearly that women need to stop bleaching their babies skin, Kate wrote alongside; “This is where I draw the line!!! Selling all sorts of unverified products to mothers telling them to glow their babies with a flawless shower bath!! What is this self-loathing that you want to transfer to children?? For 20k or 30k you want to destroy a future for aesthetic…
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Driving with the Aid of Google Map is a serious Traffic Offence – FRSC
Ayuba Gora, sector commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the federal capital territory (FCT), says driving with the aid of Google map is a serious traffic offence as the law forbids the use of mobile phones in any form while driving, saying it can lead to an accident. Gora said this at the inauguration of the “2019 Ember Months Campaign” by Lugbe unit command of the FRSC in Abuja on Wednesday as he also informed motorists that the corps will soon begin enforcement of installation of speed limiting devices. “We will embark on massive checks of vehicles…
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No BVN, no Salary – Umahi tells Workers
Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi has stated clearly the importance of the Bank verification number for every Ebonyi State civil servant. Umahi made this known while addressing the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, delegation, who paid him a courtesy visit at the Exco Chambers, Government House, Abakaliki. According to him: “Anybody that doesn’t have BVN should not expect salary, no BVN no salary whether it is political or not. The Deputy Governor has BVN and I have BVN. So, any political appointee that doesn’t have BVN, no salary. Any Civil Servant that doesn’t have BVN or have incomplete BVN…
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Sanwo Olu approves N35,000 minimum Wage for Lagos Workers
Gobernor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo- olu has officially approved the payment of N35,000 new minimum wage to workers under government’s employment beginning from this month. It was contained in a statement issued by the Head of Service, Hakeem Muri-Okunola on Wednesday. According to him the Governor has aimed at improving the welfare of public servants in Lagos state. “kindly note that the payment of salaries for the month of November 2019 is delayed beyond the usual 23rd day cycle in order to adequately process payment of the new minimum wage. The consequential increase of the new minimum wage in…
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Davido buys N5m worth Bracelet for his second Daughter, Hailey.
Popular Nigeria Singer, Davido has shown a thousand that he sure is a big spender as he was spotted on Wednesday, 27th November, hitting Icebox in the company of his second daughter, Hailey, and she ended up getting a $16, 000 bracelet. The singer had hit the high-end store to replace his missing diamond crusted Cartier glasses with a higher version valued at over N5m before also gifting the two year old the expensive bracelet.
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