Nigerians spend $4.38bn a year importing generators as environmental body warns about rising pollution

NIGERIANS spend an average of N1.6trn ($4.38bn) annually importing electricity generators as a result of the country's chronic power supply deficit that has resulted in the populace having to generate their own energy.

 

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Anthony Joshua says latest OBE medal inspires him to want to become undisputed world champion in 2019

NIGERIAN-born world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua has revealed that the Order of the British Empire (OBE) honour granted to him yesterday will spur him on to become the undisputed heavyweight boxer in 2019.

 

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Second EU referendum now looms large after minister Amber Rudd admits that it is likely if MPs vote against May's deal

SIGNS that the UK may soon hold another referendum on the vexed issue of its membership if the European Union (EU) grew yesterday after works and pensions secretary Amber Rudd conceded that there could be a plausible argument for holding another plebiscite.

 

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Daddy Freeze reminds Christians that Christmas is the celebration of Pagan god Nimrod's birthday

CONTROVERSIAL Popular Cool FM disc jockey (DJ) Daddy Freeze has asked Nigerians celebrating Christmas to stop fooling the world into believing that the day represents Jesus Christ’s birthday as it is about the celebration of the Pagan god Nimrod.

 

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Saraki and Dogara obtain injunction forcing National Assembly staff to call off their strike

SENATE president Senator Bukola Saraki and the speaker of the House of Representatives Hon Yakubu Dogara have taken legal action against striking workers at the National Assembly obtaining an injunction forcing them to call off their industrial action.

 

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Three Nigerian Navy men dismissed for stealing equipment at jetty they were supposed to be guarding

THREE Nigerian Navy soldiers have been dismissed after being found guilty of theft when a court martial ruled that they stole equipment stored at the Mieka Jetty in Warri belonging to Niger Delta militant Government Ekpemupolo while they were on guard duty.

 

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Iwobi adjudged to be the fourth best passer of the ball across Europe's five major leagues

SUPER Eagles playmaker Alex Iwobi has been adjudged to be the fourth best passer of the ball in Europe's five major leagues this season by football analyst Ray Hamill  following a survey of box-to-box possession.

 

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Nigerians in the UK remit more money back home than any other diasporan community

NIGERIAN diasporans are the largest remitters of funds from the UK according to the latest survey by the World Bank which showed that they sent home £3.27bn ($4.1bn) in 2017 topping every other migrant community in Britain.

 

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PDP alleges that APC intends to forcefully remove Saraki using police and DSS operatives

PEOPLES Democratic Party (PDP) leaders have raised fresh fears that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is planning to forcefully remove senate president senator Bukola Saraki from office using the police and security forces.

 

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Lagos police arrest three Islamic clerics in the possession of human body parts used for rituals

DETECTIVES from the Lagos State Police Command have arrested three Islamic clerics and two other persons in possession of fresh human heart and body parts believed to be used for ritual sacrifices.

 

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