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The federal government has inaugurated its upgraded website to encourage e-participation and bring governance closer to Nigerians. Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha, during the launch of the website, on Monday in Abuja, said the idea of the website was in line with the government’s policy of encouraging transparency in all its dealings. SGF explained that the launch was in line with the civil service reforms strategy, which calls for greater openness, transparency, and public responsiveness in government agencies in their delivery on policies and programmes. He added that Nigerians now have the opportunity of…
Funmi Olaitan, Ibadan Towards putting a stop to killings of innocent Nigerians by herdsmen in some parts of the country despite all security measures being put in place to check the menace by the federal government, Anglican Church, Nigeria, on Monday, called on the Federal Government to seek foreign assistance. Archbishop of Ibadan Anglican Diocese, Mr Segun Okubadejo, who made the call in his address at the Second Session of the Seventh Synod of St. Paul Anglican Church, Yemetu, Ibadan, said shedding of innocent blood is against the law of God and the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,…
Funmi Olaitan, Ibadan Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, on Monday, said his administration would leave the culture sector with tangible projects towards ensuring the revitalization of cultural tourism sector in the state. He said this at the Government House Ibadan during activities marking 2018 World Culture Day and the official launch of the state’s quarterly cultural magazine tagged Dundun produced by Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism to promote and document culture, values and historical places among others. The governor said Ibadan is the melting point of Yoruba Culture, saying that the promotion and preservation of our culture and…
Monday, 21 May 2018 04:14

FG plans to assassinate me, says Wike

Rivers State Governor, Mr Nyesom Wike, raised the alarm on Sunday that the Federal Government was plotting to assassinate him in a crowd and claim accidental discharge. Wike disclosed this during the third year anniversary thanksgiving service of his administration at Living Faith Church, D-Line in Port Harcourt. The governor said, “Intelligence report available to us as of this morning indicated that they are plotting to assassinate me in a crowd and claim it was an accidental discharge.” Explaining that the plot of All Progressives Congress Federal Government and its associates would not intimidate him, Wike stated that he remained…
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Sunday said it had set May 26 for rescheduled Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) for more than 12,000 candidates across the country. The Board’s Head of Media, Mr Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in an interview with journalists in Abuja. According to Benjamin, more than 12,000 candidates are expected to sit for the mop up examinations in few of its centres across the country. This category of candidates, he explained, are those whose biometrics were not captured during the initial period of the UTME in March. He said: “It would also include those, who…
The son of British royalty and the daughter of middle-class Americans wed Saturday in a service that reflected Prince Harry's royal heritage, Meghan Markle's biracial roots and the pair's shared commitment to putting a more diverse, modern face on the monarchy. British reserve crisscrossed with American verve in a service that broke molds and created new ones. Choirboys and a gospel choir; the archbishop of Canterbury and the African-American leader of the Episcopal church; a horse-drawn carriage and flowers hand-picked by the groom. The wedding was a global event, thanks to Harry's status as a senior British royal and Markle's…
Following is the text of the address by U.S. Episcopalian bishop, Michael Bruce Curry, at the wedding of Britain's Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle, as released by Kensington Palace on Saturday. Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm; for love is strong as death, passion fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a raging flame. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. (Song of Songs 8:6-7)iDr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said: "We must discover the power of love, the redemptive power of love. And…
A new set of triplets have been left stranded after their mum died shortly after their birth in an Abuja hospital, with their unemployed father dumping the family. Distant relatives and friends are now struggling to give some attention to the three boys and their older siblings — a boy and a girl — and are calling for help from the government and Nigerians. Before her death, Nkechi Okonya, 32, was the family’s bread-winner, raising her two children and supporting her husband from the proceeds of her petty trade, neighbours said. Jersey and Kimberly — seven and five years old…
A Liberty Television journalist, Mr Aminu Nurudeen, suspected to have posted the viral video showing Inspector General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, struggling to read a speech at a public event in Kano, has gone into hiding. Impeccable sources told our correspondent that Kano State Police Command invited the reporter to its office immediately the video went viral. The video, shows the IG struggling to read his speech at the inauguration of Police Technical Intelligence Unit in Kano, Kano State on Monday. It was learnt that Nurudeen’s whereabouts had been unknown since the Kano State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr…
Leaders of Fulani pastoralist groups yesterday rose from an emergency meeting in Kaduna, asking President Muhammadu Buhari to call Governor Samuel Orthom of Benue State to order over the anti-open grazing law in that state. They vowed to do everything legally possible to resist any law that is against their culture, movement and economic interests. Their position was contained in a communiqué jointly signed by National President, Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore Fulani Socio-cultural Association, Mr Abdullahi Bello Bodejor, Secretary, Mr Saleh Alhassan, and Chairman Communiqué Drafting Committee, Mr Garus Gololo. They condemned the call by “some desperate and jobless groups…
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Ohanaeze Ndigbo gets new President-General

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NFF appoints new Super Eagles head coach

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has appointed Éric Sékou Chelle as the new Head Coach…

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