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Atiku and PDP slam Buhari for failing to include any youths among his ministerial nominees

NIGERIA'S main opposition the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has castigated President Muhammadu Buhari for overlooking the youth when he submitted his list of 43 ministerial nominees to the senate yesterday.

 

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Kogi State deputy governor gives Yahaya Bello seven days to pay his allowances or face court action

KOGI State's deputy governor Simon Achuba has given his boss Governor Yahaya Bello seven days within which to pat him a sum of N800m ($2.2m) owed to him in allowances or face legal action.

 

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Nigeria declares July 25 as National Diaspora Day as part of plan to woo those living abroad

NIGERIA has declared July 25 as national diaspora day as part of a programme of recognising the contributions of diasporans to national development and tapping into their expertise as the government seeks to diversify the economy.

 

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Chinese Great Wall Corporation agrees to build transformer manufacturing factory in Okene

NIGERIA'S National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (Naseni) and the Chinese Great Wall Corporation have entered into an agreement to establish a transformer manufacturing plant in Kogi State.

 

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Shiite Islamic Movement in Nigeria says police officer and youth corper were killed to discredit them

NIGERIA’S Shiite Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) has accused the security forces of killing a police deputy commissioner and a youth corper and quickly burying them so they can use the story for propaganda purposes.

 

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Buhari’s ministerial nominees must be prepared to embark on mission impossibles

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) So President Buhari finally submits his list of ministerial nominees to the senate some two months after being sworn-in. If you ask me, all the enthusiasm, energy and excitement of a new administration has evaporated over this period. Can you just imagine the buzz we would have got if the ministers were named on May 30, a day after the swearing-in. However, better late than never

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Debate over Shiite protests bitterly divides House of Reps forcing it to conduct vote in secret

MEMBERS of Nigeria's House of Representatives had to conduct part of today's sitting in camera after disagreements over how to handle the ongoing furore involving the Shiite Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) caused an uproar on the floor.

 

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Nef jittery as Middle Belt Forum aligns itself with southern socio-cultural groups on Fulani herdsmen

PROFESSOR Ango Abdullahi's self-styled Northern Elders Forum (Nef) has expressed fears over the recent alliance between some Middle Belt leaders and their southern counterparts describing the development as dangerous to northern interests.

 

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Stoke City rule out selling Etebo saying any club that wants him must offer an amazing amount

ENGLISH Championship side Stoke City has ruled out selling Super Eagles midfielder Oghene Etebo before the close of the summer break saying that if any clubs wants to buy him they must make an unbelievably good offer.

 

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Boris Johnson to be sworn-in as prime minister tomorrow following his landslide victory

FORMER mayor of London Boris Johnson has been elected as the new leader of the UK's Conservative Party and is due to be sworn-in as prime minister tomorrow after coasting him in the party's just-concluded leadership election.

 

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