Nigerian Women in Diaspora Leadership Forum urges ladies break the glass ceiling barriers

FEMALE campaign group the Nigerian Women in Diaspora Leadership Forum (NWIDLF) held an international seminar over the weekend during which it charged its members to push the boundaries on gender equality to the next level by refusing to accept glass ceilings.

 

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Nigerian senate summons British oil giant BP over allegation of infraction of local content law

NIGERIAN senators have summoned senior executives of British petroleum giant BP Oil International to answer questions regarding a $3.3bn pre-financing deal that may have breached the Nigerian Oil and Gas Content Development Act 2010.

 

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Lagos clergyman admits impregnating another woman because his wife denied him sex for four years

LAGOS evangelical clergyman Pastor Joshua Aranse has told an Alagbado Customary Court that he impregnated another woman and abandoned his matrimonial home for four years because he was sex starved.

 

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Super Falconets drawn alongside Germany, Haiti and China in Fifa U20 Women's World Cup

NIGERIA'S U20 women's football team the Super Falconets have been drawn in the same group as perennial foes Germany alongside China and Haiti at the ninth Fifa World Cup taking place in France between August 5 and 24.

 

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Britain to start work on new Kirikiri wing as part of prisoner exchange programme with Nigeria

BRITAIN is to begin the construction of a new wing at the Kirikiri Prison in Lagos shortly as it looks to implement an agreement it entered into with Nigeria in 2014 regarding prisoner exchange.

 

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Northern leaders say they will not back anyone for president until they see all the candidates

POLITICAL leaders across northern Nigeria have declared that they will assess candidates of all parties before supporting any single contestant during the 2019 presidential elections due to take place in February.

 

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Rightwing anti-immigration Nigerian Tony Iwobi elected as the Italy's first black senator

NIGERIAN-born information technology professional Tony Iwobi has become Italy's first black senator after being elected on the platform of the rightwing and nationalist Anti-Immigration League into the Italian senate.

 

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Rohr releases his list of 28 invitees for Eagles March friendlies against Poland and Serbia

SUPER Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr has released the list of 28 players invited to camp for the forthcoming friendly matches against Poland and Serbia taking place later this month as part of the team's World Cup preparations.

 

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US reveals that Nigeria's 2019 elections are one of its major foreign policy priorities

AMERICAN diplomats have revealed that Nigeria’s 2019 general elections remains one of its major foreign policy priorities in view of  the country’s strategic position in the West African sub-region.

 

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Fulani herdsman shot dead and 15 of his cattle killed in Plateau State raising fears of crisis escalation

UNKNOWN gunmen have shot a Fulani cattle herdsman dead and killed 15 of his cows in Rafin-Bauna community of Iregweland in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State in what could lead to an escalation of attacks.

 

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