Minister of state for housing summons contractor to explain why work on apartments is taking so long

MINISTER of state for power works and housing Mustapha Shehuri has summoned the contractor working on a National Housing Programme block in the Delta State capital Asaba to explain why work on a three-storey building is taking so long to complete.

 

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Mbaka hits back at his critics saying God always needs money as Obi asks Christians to pray for him

CONTROVERSIAL Catholic clergyman Reverend Father Ejike Mbaka has his back at his critics who have been castigating him for embarrassing former Anambra State governor Peter Obi in public insisting that God deserves money.

 

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Nigeria Immigration Service recovers 700 voter cards from foreign nationals as elections loom

NIGERIA Immigration Service (Nis) officials have recovered no fewer than 700 voter cards from foreigners living in the country during a clampdown on illegally registered voters in the run-up to next year's elections.

 

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Seun Kuti lambasts Oyedepo over his speech about Buhari being cloned as cleric refuses to withdraw it

AFROBEAT musician Seun Kuti has lambasted Winners Chapel leader Bishop David Oyedepo over his recent outburst criticising President Muhammadu Buhari saying his is also compromised because he is dangerously wealthy and beholden to politicians.

 

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60 Abia State traditional rulers confer chieftaincy title Ikeogu of Igboland on Buhari

TRADITIONAL rulers in Bende Local Government Area of Abia State have conferred the chieftaincy title of Ikeogu of Igboland in President Muhammadu Buhari during a recent campaign rally saying they did so because of the good job he is doing.

 

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Nnewi traders celebrate as police release 33 of their members arrested in connection with death of inspector

POLICE in Nnewi have released 33 traders that were indiscriminately arrested last month following a clash between members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) and security forces that lead to the death of an inspector.

 

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Vigilante shoots man dead in Bauchi for not shaving his head in line with religious commandment

MEN of the Bauchi State Police Command have arrested a local vigilante who shot and killed a young man named as Abbati Mahmud when the group was enforcing the compulsory shaving of heads in the area.

 

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Action Alliance Party denies Uche Nwosu the opportunity to stand for governor on its platform

LEADERS of the Action Alliance Party (AAP) have rejected Uche Nwosu the son-in-law of Imo State governor Rochas Okorocha as its gubernatorial candidate for next February's elections.

 

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Social Democratic Party distances itself from consensus candidate saying Donald Duke is its man

NIGERIA'S Social Democratic Party (SDP) has distanced itself from a recent declaration by the Coalition of United Political Parties (Cupp) that it was one of the parties that had endorsed former vice president Alhaji Atiku Abubakar for president in next year's elections.

 

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Father of woman murdered by her boyfriend insists he must marry her corpse in line with tradition

WILFRED Nwovueze the father of the young woman recently murdered by her fiancé is Rivers State has insisted that her boyfriend must marry her corpse in line with the local cultural tradition.

 

Earlier this week, Prince Owabie, also known as J-Boy, was arrested on suspicion of murdering his pregnant girlfriend Betty Nwovueze. Police found where he buried her body and exhumed it in Rumuepirikom, in Obio-Akpor Local Government area of Rivers State before taking it to the hospital morgue.

 

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