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Bless Your Friend And Monthly Giveaway Winners
For the month of September, We Are Again Giving Out Prizes To MOST Of Those Who Commented On Our Website In September And Participated In Sunday’s Tag Your Friend Contest. (Please send screenshot) (Please Send An Email To Kevinadenuga@Gmail.Com If Your Name Is On This List And You Did Not Get Our Email). The top two people whose friends commented on our Bless Your Friend Sunday get additional funds. This offer expires on Oct 10th. Make sure you reach out to us before then if you do not get your funds. Congratulations To You All Jimoh Nasirudeen (N1500) Friend 1.…
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First man cured of HIV dies of Cancer
The first person to be cured of HIV, Timothy Ray Brown, has died of cancer. NAN reports that Brown, known, as the “Berlin Patient”, died on Tuesday after battling with recurrent leukaemia for several months. His death was disclosed in a statement issued by Bijan Farnoudi, Communication and Public Affairs Director, International AIDS Society, IAS, and made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Ibadan. “Brown made medical history when he became the first person to be cured of HIV in 2008, after undergoing a complex stem cell transplant for lymphoma.. “For the past six months, he had been living with…
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Returning Subsidy will cause Petrol scarcity – Timipre Sylva
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva has stated that the return of fuel subsidy will lead to scarcity of fuel in the country. The Federal government recently announced the stoppage of fuel subsidy which has resulted in a hike in the price of petroleum. Speaking on a live TV program on Tuesday, the minister explained that with the loss of over 60 percent of government revenue, it was impossible to continue with the subsidy regime, which he said was drying up government earnings. Sylva also pointed out that the deregulation of the sector is the only way to…
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NERC finally suspends Electricity Tariff for 14 days
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) on Wednesday directed the 11 Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOs) to suspend the Sept. 1 new tariff. The commission’s suspension order of the Multi Year Tariff Order (MYTO) 2020 signed by Prof James Momoh, NERC’s Chairman was released on its website on Wednesday. The suspension, which followed a joint communique issued by the Federal Government and the labour unions is for 2 weeks. Recall that the Federal Government had agreed the suspension is in order to further consultations and finalisation of negotiations between the parties. The order by NERC said that from Sept 28 to…
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Man ‘arrests’ Nsukka deity, claims it has been tormenting the community (Photo)
A man identified as Nnajiofor Donatus was taken into police custody in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State last Saturday, after he ‘arrested’ a deity which he claimed had been tormenting his community for a long time and causing his business to fail. Speaking to Vanguard at St. Theresa’s Catholic Cathedral before Nsukka Urban Police Division took him away for further interrogation, Nnajiofor, who hails from Ibeku Opi community in Nsukka, claimed that a stronger force from above compelled him to remove the deity as it had rendered many members of the community useless, thrown others out of business…
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Don’t control Obaseki – Oba of Benin warns PDP Governors
The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has warned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) about godfatherism, which the party campaigned against before the September 19 Edo State governorship election. Speaking on Tuesday, when five PDP governors, Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa, Nyesom Wike of Rivers, Aminu Tanbuwal of Sokoto, Seyi Makinde of Oyo and Godwin Obaseki of Edo paid him a courtesy call, he told them not to control Obaseki as the whole world is watching Edo State. He said; “I want to on this occasion plead with the PDP to guide against godfatherism and not to allow unscrupulous members to…
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I don’t trust Nigerian politicians – Burnaboy says as he turns down Sowore’s protest invite
Popular Nigerian singer, Burnaboy has expressed his distrust for Nigerian Politicians after he turned down a request by former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore to join the nationwide protest on October 1. Sowore had Twitted at Burnaboy to join the RevolutionNow protest against President Muhammadu Buhari’s government and act like Fela Kuti. His tweet read: “Hello @burnaboy, everywhere I turn people describe you as a revolutionary musician, the foreign media even celebrate you, compare you to Fela Kuti, but I am yet to see you lead anyone to a police station carrying a coffin for head of state! Join #Oct1stProtest #RevolutionNow.”…
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Woman pours hot water on 8-year-old house help for licking milk meant for her baby (Photos)
An Anambra state couple identified as Mrs Ogochukwu Anichukwu and Mr. Emmanuel Anichukwu have been called out for maltreating their 8-year-old house help. The couple have been accused of flogging and starving the little girl countless number of times as she has sometimes being seen eating sand due to starvation. The couple were recently taken to the human right legal initiative in Ekwulobia, Anambra State following the injury the 8-year-old house help sustained after she was poured hot water by Ogochukwu for licking milk meant for her baby Facebook user, Jane Iyke shared the story. “This case is before Human…
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The situation will not change unless drastic measures are taken – Zulum speaks on Boko Haram attacks
Governor Babagana Zulum has disclosed that he will now be “more careful” following recent attacks launched by Boko Haram insurgents on his convoy which he said will not change unless drastic measures are taken. The Governor said this after members of the National Assembly from Borno state paid him a sympathy visit in respect of the recent ambushes on his convoy. Zulum who thanked the lawmakers for the visit, said he remains undeterred in his determination to deliver a peaceful Borno State in no distant time. He added that the situation in the state is still “very dicey” especially in…
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My Ministry is not linked to it — Sadiya Umar Farouq makes clarification on N2.67bn school feeding money ICPC claims to have found in a private account
Minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development, Sadiya Umar Farouq has made a clarification on the N2.67bn school feeding money which ICPC claims to have found in a private account. Sadiya Farouq in a statement released by her special assistant on media and publicity Nneka Ikem Anibeze, said the school feeding in question is different from the home grown school feeding programme which is one of the ministry’s social investment programmes (SIP). The ministry therefore called on the general public to disregard the false reports being linked to the ministry as it is not in anyway involved in…
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Those saying this administration is the most corrupt are just being petty – Ahmed Lawan
Senate president Ahmed Lawan has rebuked all those saying the Buhari-led administration is the most corrupt the country has ever experienced. Speaking after the second national summit on diminishing corruption and the launch of the national ethics and integrity policy by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), he termed such people as petty as he made it known that the administration based its campaign to tackle corruption, insecurity, insurgency and has left no stone unturned in doing that. Lawan also recalled how a past administration described corruption as “mere stealing”. “I don’t know who they are…
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FCTA acting secretary, Umar Marafa is dead
The Federal Capital Territory Administration. FCTA, Acting Secretary and Director of Administration and Finance, DAF, Malam Umar Marafa is dead. Marafa died in Kaduna on Monday evening though the cause of his death has not been disclosed. According to the Nation, the Public Relations Officer of FCT Education Secretariat, Mr. Kabiru Musa, who confirmed the incident, expressed shock over the death of his boss. Marafa has been buried on Tuesday morning according to Islamic rites.
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