Year: 2016

PMB Is Feeling Nigerians’ Pains — Osinbajo

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Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, said on Thursday that President Muhammadu Buhari is feeling the current pains and sufferings that Nigerians are going through, saying this is the result of the years of mismanagement of the nation’s wealth. Osinbajo said this during a conference organised by the South-West wing of the All Progressives Congress in Ibadan, where it was also mandated that primary and secondary education in the region must be free and compulsory for children in the geopolitical zone. The Vice President was represented by Senator Babafemi Ojudu at the…

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David Yunana: Nigerian Youths My Foot (2)

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Here I am looking forward. The basis for my argument and the reason for my lack of faith in the Nigerian youths of today is for just one thing, which is the fact that there is nothing deliberate going on anywhere about the dilemma Nigeria as a nation is faced with. I mean the dilemma of either continuing to recycle old faces in leadership positions or trying out the younger folks who are mostly ill-prepared, uninterested and confused. And I could go on and on about how complex and complicated…

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The Anti-corruption Fight And Slides To A Doomy Nation By Hashim Suleiman

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If you want your news to sell in Nigeria nowadays, speak about someone wearing something nice or that the person has been gagged and disgraced on the basis of allegations. This is the sorry state the country has been reduced to as a result of the well publicized anti corruption war of the country. People like me thought the war was going to be one that will strengthen the efficiency of the systems towards the delivery of services to the people but this one appears very differently as it has…

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David Yunana: Nigerian Youths My Foot! (Part one)

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So there’s this argument that Nigeria re-cycles leaders and that the reason we have remained stagnant as a nation is because politically elected leaders are basically the same faces that have been on the scene for quite a while now. They are too old, we argue. They are not abreast with the technological orientation of this twenty first century, and that their decisions are mostly archaic, bereft of any touch of modernisation. Are there no other people good enough to lead our states, constituencies, ministries and parastatals? We ask. Are…

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Some Chibok Girls Killed By Military Air Strikes, As Army Declare 3 Wanted

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The mother of one of the Chibok girls kidnapped more than two years ago by Nigeria’s Islamic extremists on Sunday saw the first proof her daughter is alive — a video of her begging Nigeria’s government to exchange detained militants for the girls’ freedom. Chibok community leader Pogu Bitrus to The Associated Press the video was being watched at the weekly rally of the Bring Back Our Girls campaign at Unity Fountain in Abuja, the capital. Some of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls have been killed by Nigerian military air strikes,…

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PDP National Convention: August 17 Date Is Sacrosanct

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The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) under the Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led National Caretaker Committee, has said the national convention of the party scheduled for August 17, remains sacrosant and will hold as planned. A member of the committee in charge of publicity, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, stated this in a statement while reacting to an online report it termed spurious, which said that the convention has been postponed for a later date. The statement reads, “The attention of leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been drawn to…

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NCPC Boss Commends JAMB For Effective Conduct Of Online Medical Exam

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The Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Rev Tor Uja has commended the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for its effective and efficient conduct of the 2016 online medical examination for medical personnel for this year’s pilgrimage exercise to Israel, Rome and Greece. He disclosed this in Abuja during a courtesy call on him by the management staff of the Board. The NCPC boss thanked them for organizing the online medical examination for the commission for the second time. His words: “we would like to build…

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How Beautiful Nigerian Female Graduate Turns Shoemaker

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Delta State beautiful lady, Michelle Ekure, a graduate of University of Benin has said joblessness of six years after graduation led her to shoemaking, saying she got her inspiration from God. Michelle born into the family of Mr. Ekure in Eku, Delta State, is a graduate of the department of International Studies and Diplomacy from the University of Benin, ventured into shoemaking, designing patterns and building shoes herself to bid farewell to joblessness. Michelle, in an interview with Wazobia Global Times USA, explained how the journey into shoemaking started for…

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Southern Nigeria PDP Stops Dokpesi, Zones National Chairmanship To South West

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Twelve days to the August 17, national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Southern leaders of the party on Thursday night formally zoned the national chairmanship position to the South West geo-political zone of the country. With this latest development, the leadership of the party in the zone has technically stopped the chairmanship ambition of the chairman of DAAR Communication, High Chief Raymond Dokpesi. Dopkesi, who indicated interest for the number one seat of the PDP, has launched his campaigning with stops in Edo his home state and Lagos, where he…

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Women, Girls Trafficking In UK: Nigerian Woman Gets 22 Years Jail Term

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A trafficker threatened to use “juju magic” against the women and children she helped to bring into Europe for forced prostitution has been sentenced to 22 years imprisonment today. Franca Asemota, 38, was convicted on 3rd August at Isleworth Crown Court of eight counts of conspiracy to traffic persons for sexual exploitation, two counts of trafficking persons outside of the UK for sexual exploitation and two counts of assisting unlawful immigration. Asemota was part of a criminal network that trafficked girls, boys and women from Nigeria to Europe, using the…

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