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• Breaking: Nigerian army denies declaring IPOB terrorist organisation

  18-09-2017 23:43
  By Anthony Ogbonna
  The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai, on Monday evening, denied the reports that the military ever tagged the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, a terrorist organisation.
  He said rather, what the army did was to make a pronouncement on IPOB which, according to him, was not “a declaration per se.”
  He said what the federal government is doing regarding the group is the right thing.
  CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF (COAS), LT.-GEN. TUKUR BURATAIRecall that few hours
  
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• Aig-Imoukhuede joins University of Oxford advisory board

  18-09-2017 23:43
  AFRICA Initiative for Governance (AIG) Chairman, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, has joined the International Advisory Board (IAB) of the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford.
  Aig-Imoukhueme,Aig-ImoukhuedeThe invitation to join the School’s IAB,according to a statement from AIG, was extended to Mr. Aig-Imoukhuede by the Board’s Chairman, The Lord Browne of Madingley, on behalf of the Board and the School.Other members of the Board include former United States President Bill C
  
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• In India: Western powers warn Suu Kyi on Rohingya before speech

  18-09-2017 23:39 via pulse.ng
  Britain led world powers Monday in warning Myanmar of potential action if leader Aung San Suu Kyi does not move to end a campaign against the Rohingya minority. Britain led world powers Monday in warning Myanmar of potential action if leader Aung San Suu Kyi does not move to end a campaign against the Rohingya minority.Hours before Suu Kyi delivers a national address Tuesday, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson called a meeting on the crisis on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New
  
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• Nigerian Army did not declare IPOB a terrorist organisation - Chief of Army Staff Buratai speaks

  18-09-2017 23:31
  - The Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Tukur Buratai says the Defence Headquarters did not declare IPOB a terrorist organisation per se- Buratai spoke
  
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• Jaroslaw Kaczynski: Poland's leader condemns anti-Semitism, praises Israel

  18-09-2017 23:29 via pulse.ng
  The powerful head of Poland's governing right-wing party denounced anti-Semitism and hailed Israel at a ceremony Monday honouring Poles who rescued Jews during the Holocaust. The powerful head of Poland's governing right-wing party denounced anti-Semitism and hailed Israel at a ceremony Monday honouring Poles who rescued Jews during the Holocaust.Jaroslaw Kaczynski, widely regarded as Poland's de facto decision-maker, made the comment after the European Jewish Congress (EJC) voiced "gra
  
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• FG’s N100bn Sukuk offer to boost infrastructural development – Dangote

  18-09-2017 23:29
  By Prince OkaforNIGERIA’s foremost entrepreneur and Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has described the debut N100billion Federal Government of Nigeria Sukuk offer as a paradigm shift in government’s effort aimed at seeking alternative funding for critical infrastructure.
  Aliko DangoteSpeaking in Lagos when the Director-General of the Debt Management Office (DMO), Ms. Patience Oniha, paid him a courtesy visit, Dangote described the Sukuk as a commendable initiative and urged
  
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• In Iraq: Turkish military starts drill near Iraqi border

  18-09-2017 23:23 via pulse.ng
  Turkey launched a military drill with tanks close to the Iraqi border on Monday, the army said, a week before Iraq's Kurdish region is set to hold an independence referendum. Turkey launched a military drill with tanks close to the Iraqi border on Monday, the army said, a week before Iraq's Kurdish region is set to hold an independence referendum.Despite opposition from Turkey, Iran and the United States, the Kurdistan Regional Government's leaders have said they will hold the non-bindi
  
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• Donald Trump: France leads push to urge US president to save Iran deal

  18-09-2017 23:22 via pulse.ng
  France stepped up global efforts to convince US President Donald Trump not to abandon the Iran nuclear deal Monday, suggesting a way could be found to prolong its effects. France stepped up global efforts to convince US President Donald Trump not to abandon the Iran nuclear deal Monday, suggesting a way could be found to prolong its effects.Trump has signalled he is ready to declare Iran in breach of its side of the 2015 accord -- which he has branded the "worst deal ever" -- as early as next mo
  
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• Tyson Fury urges UK Anti-Doping to reach a decision

  18-09-2017 23:21
  Britain’s troubled former heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury challenged UKAD (UK Anti-doping) to hurry up and either ban him for taking an illegal substance or clear him so he can resume his turbulent career.
  Tyson FuryThe 29-year-old — who has not fought since his shock defeat of Wladimir Klitschko to win the WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight titles in November 2015 — is waiting to appear in front of a UKAD hearing after being charged with a doping offence by them a year ago.
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• In Tunisia: Government postpones first post-revolt municipal polls

  18-09-2017 23:21 via pulse.ng
  Tunisia's electoral commission on Monday indefinitely postponed the first municipal elections since a 2011 uprising that toppled long-time dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, in a blow to the fledgling democracy. Tunisia's electoral commission on Monday indefinitely postponed the first municipal elections since a 2011 uprising that toppled long-time dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, in a blow to the fledgling democracy.
  The commission announced the postponement after a meeting between par
  
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• Gunmen kill expatriate, police orderly, driver in Kogi

  18-09-2017 23:18
  The Kogi Police Command said it had launched a manhunt for the killers of an expatriate, his police orderly and driver on Lokoja-Ajaokuta road on Sept. 16.
  The command’s Public Relation Officer, ASP William Aya who confirmed this to newsmen on Monday in Lokoja said that the expatriate was travelling with the other victims when they ran into a roadblock mounted by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers.
  He said that the police orderly resisted the attempt to kidnap the white man and this led to
  
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• Melaye’s recall: INEC releases amended timetable, fixes Oct 14 for verification

  18-09-2017 23:14
  The Independent National Electoral Commission says it will conduct verification for the recall of Sen. Dino Melaye, on Oct. 14.
  Melaye is representing Kogi West Senatorial District in the National Assembly.
  The commission disclosed this in its amended timetable and schedule of activities issued by its Secretary, Mrs Augusta Ogakwu, in Abuja on Monday.
  Ogakwu said the verification would take place in all polling units in Kogi West, while INEC notification for the exercise would be released on Oct
  
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• In Spain: More Catalan referendum posters, mayors summoned

  18-09-2017 23:14 via pulse.ng
  Spanish police on Monday seized more than 100,000 posters promoting a planned independence referendum in Catalonia, while prosecutors summoned mayors who have agreed to help hold the disputed vote. Spanish police on Monday seized more than 100,000 posters promoting a planned independence referendum in Catalonia, while prosecutors summoned mayors who have agreed to help hold the disputed vote.Three Catalan mayors were ordered to appear for questioning Tuesday at provincial offices of public prose
  
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• In US: Trump touts peace hopes at Netanyahu meeting

  18-09-2017 23:11 via pulse.ng
  US President Donald Trump again expressed his hopes for a peaceful settlement to the Middle East crisis Monday as he met Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. US President Donald Trump again expressed his hopes for a peaceful settlement to the Middle East crisis Monday as he met Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.Netanyahu was the first leader to have a one-on-one with Trump at the US president's first United Nations General Assembly, an annual week of high-level diplomacy
  
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• In France: Government hopeful of persuading Trump to stay in climate accord

  18-09-2017 23:07 via pulse.ng
  A hopeful France set out at the United Nations Monday to persuade the United States to stay in the Paris climate agreement, as Donald Trump's administration insisted it was not changing gears. A hopeful France set out at the United Nations Monday to persuade the United States to stay in the Paris climate agreement, as Donald Trump's administration insisted it was not changing gears.
  Gary Cohn, the chief White House economic adviser, reiterated Trump's opposition to the landmark accord a
  
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• Biafra: Buhari woos southeast, sends 5 northern governors on ‘peace mission (photos)

  18-09-2017 23:06
  - Some northern governors have been sent to some states in southeast and south-south on a peace mission- The governors include Alhaji Kashim Shattima, the
  
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• What God told me about Nnamdi Kanu’s Biafra agitation - Olumba Olumba

  18-09-2017 23:04
  - Olumba Olumba said God has not approved Biafra as an independent country- The spiritual leader said Biafra will not be achieved- He called on
  
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• Breaking: ASUU announces suspension of strike

  18-09-2017 23:04
  - Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities has officially suspended its strike- The union announced the suspension after it held a meeting with the federal
  
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• Illegal dollar evacuation to Dubai threatens naira stability – Gwadabe

  18-09-2017 23:02
  Lagos –  Alhaji Aminu Gwadabe, the President of Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON), says consistent evacuation of dollars illegally from Nigeria to Dubai is a threat to stability of the naira.
  Gwadabe made the observation in an interview in Lagos on Monday.He said that currency speculators would stop at nothing to make nonsense of the gains the naira had made against the dollar at the foreign exchange market in Nigeria.
  According to him, huge sums of dollar
  
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• Dino Melaye's Recall: INEC releases amended timetable, fixes October 14 for verification

  18-09-2017 23:01 via pulse.ng
  The Federal High court had on Aug. 11, 2017, ordered the commission to continue with the suspended recall process. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will conduct verification for the recall of Sen. Dino Melaye, on October 14.Melaye is representing Kogi West Senatorial District in the National Assembly.The commission disclosed this in its amended timetable and schedule of activities issued by its Secretary, Mrs Augusta Ogakwu, in Abuja on Monday.Ogakwu said the verifica
  
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• Dino Melaye's Recall: INEC releases amended timetable, fixes Oct. 14 for verification

  18-09-2017 23:01 via pulse.ng
  The Federal High court had on Aug. 11, 2017, ordered the commission to continue with the suspended recall process. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will conduct verification for the recall of Sen. Dino Melaye, on Oct. 14.Melaye is representing Kogi West Senatorial District in the National Assembly.The commission disclosed this in its amended timetable and schedule of activities issued by its Secretary, Mrs Augusta Ogakwu, in Abuja on Monday.Ogakwu said the verificatio
  
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• In Togo: Ruling party calls rally to drown out opposition

  18-09-2017 22:59 via pulse.ng
  Togo's ruling presidential party on Monday urged supporters to take to the streets to coincide with planned opposition demonstrations against the slow pace of political reform. Togo's ruling presidential party on Monday urged supporters to take to the streets to coincide with planned opposition demonstrations against the slow pace of political reform.Georges Kwawu Aidam, the first vice-president of the Union for the Republic (UNIR) told AFP there would be marches on Wednesday and Thursd
  
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• In North Korea: 'Vicious' sanctions will only speed up nuclear programme: government

  18-09-2017 22:56 via pulse.ng
  North Korea bitterly denounced new sanctions on its economy as "vicious, unethical and inhumane" and warned the measures would only accelerate progress on its nuclear weapons programme, state media reported Monday. North Korea bitterly denounced new sanctions on its economy as "vicious, unethical and inhumane" and warned the measures would only accelerate progress on its nuclear weapons programme, state media reported Monday.The angry statement from Pyongyang's foreign ministry
  
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• Anambra Police to enforce ban on IPOB activities

  18-09-2017 22:55
  The Anambra Police Command says it has taken steps to enforce the ban on all activities of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) in the
  
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• BREAKING: ASUU calls off strike

  18-09-2017 22:54
  By Johnbosco AgbakwuruABUJA – THE Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, last night announced a conditional suspension of the strike it embarked upon five weeks ago.
  President Muhammadu Buhari and ASUU President, Prof. Biodun OgunyemiBut the union said that the suspension has time line for the Federal Government to implement what was contained in the memorandum of action the two parties entered into.
  Briefing journalists after a meeting with the Federal Government Negotiation Team, th
  
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• Two hospitalized after gas explosion in Lagos

  18-09-2017 22:53
  By Bose AdelajaTwo people  hospitalised after sustaining varying degrees of injuries, Monday, when a cooking gas exploded and partly affected the ground floor of a storey building at No 12, Iya Omolere Street, Ogudu in Kosofe Local Government area of Lagos State.
  Details of the incident were scanty at press time but it was learnt that the incident which affected the ground floor of a storey building reportedly occurred at about 6.20pm, when someone  was striking matches
  
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• Aregbesola: Osun doctors embark on 7-day warning strike

  18-09-2017 22:53 via pulse.ng
  The  NMA Chairman in the state, Dr Tokunbo Olajumoke, gave the directive after an emergency general meeting of the association in Osogbo. The Osun State Chapter of Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) on Monday ordered its members working with state government to proceed on 7-day warning strike over unpaid salary arrears and poor working condition.The  NMA Chairman in the state, Dr Tokunbo Olajumoke, gave the directive after an emergency general meeting of the association in Osogbo.Olaju
  
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• Flood control and Aregbesola’s proactive steps in Osun

  18-09-2017 22:50
  Over the years, flood in Nigeria has pushed rivers over their banks and submerged hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland. In just over five years, floods had forced 1.3 million people from their homes and claimed 431 lives, according to Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency.
  The river Niger and Benue used to be thin rivers flowing through braided channels, with isolated water bodies dotting the floodplains. Years later, both rivers had burst their banks, engulfing the small la
  
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• Hurricane Irma: Dutch troops fail to stop looting after disaster: island leader

  18-09-2017 22:48 via pulse.ng
  The leader of the Dutch side of the island of St. Martin on Monday accused troops deployed from the Netherlands of doing nothing to stop looters in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, a Dutch newspaper reported. The leader of the Dutch side of the island of St. Martin on Monday accused troops deployed from the Netherlands of doing nothing to stop looters in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, a Dutch newspaper reported."The curfew that was put in place was not controlled, people were looting, soldiers
  
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• Godwin Emefiele: CBN threatens to sanction banks without Forex sales point

  18-09-2017 22:46 via pulse.ng
  The CBN, in March, had directed banks and authorised dealers to open a teller point for retail foreign exchange transactions. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Monday threatened to sanction any Deposit Money Bank (DMB) in breach of its earlier instructions to open teller points for retail foreign exchange (Forex) transactions in all locations.The apex bank’s acting Director, Corporate Communications, Mr Isaac Okorafor, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said the bank would also penalise
  
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• VIDEO: Street Billionaires – Bad & Boujee (Refix)

  18-09-2017 22:44
  The latest kids on the block collectively called the Street Billionaires – Gbafun, IJay, Lemon and Candy; drops their refix of popular hit “Bad &
  
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• Breaking: INEC releases amended timetable for Dino’s recall

  18-09-2017 22:43
  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will conduct verification for the recall of Sen. Dino Melaye, on Oct. 14.
  Melaye is representing Kogi West
  
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• In Kogi: Gunmen kill expatriate, police orderly, driver

  18-09-2017 22:41 via pulse.ng
  The police said that the expatriate was travelling with the other victims when they ran into a roadblock mounted by the gunmen. The Kogi Police Command said it had launched a manhunt for the killers of an expatriate, his police orderly and driver on Lokoja-Ajaokuta road on Sept. 16.The command’s Public Relation Officer, ASP William Aya who confirmed this to newsmen on Monday in Lokoja said that the expatriate was travelling with the other victims when they ran into a roadblock mounted by g
  
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• Recall: INEC seeks leave of court to dump petition at Melaye’s door

  18-09-2017 22:39
  By Ikechukwu NnochiriABUJA – The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,on Monday, sought leave of the Federal High Court in Abuja to serve Senator
  
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• ASUU announces ‘conditional suspension’ of strike 

  18-09-2017 22:38
  Olaleye Aluko, Abuja
  The Academic Staff Union of Universities has announced a “conditional suspension” of its strike.
  The ASUU President, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, stated this at a briefing at the Nigeria Labour Congress secretariat.
  Ogunyemi said the strike was suspended after the union gave the Federal Government a deadline of the end of October to fulfil its promises.
  He said, “After an elaborate and extensive consultation process, the National Executive Council of ASUU has agre
  
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• North Korea says sanctions will only speed up nuclear programme

  18-09-2017 22:37
  Stricter international sanctions will only lead North Korea to speed up its nuclear programme, Pyongyang said on Monday, as U.S. and Chinese leaders agreed to
  
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• Ngige: FG to meet with NUPENG over strike - Minister

  18-09-2017 22:34 via pulse.ng
  The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, said this in a statement signed by Mr Samuel Olowookere on Monday in Abuja. The Federal Government says it will meet with the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Work, (NUPENG) on Tuesday toward apprehending the ongoing industrial action embarked by the union.The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, said this in a statement signed by Mr Samuel Olowookere, Deputy Director, Press, in the ministry on Monday in Abuja.Ngi
  
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• Nnamdi Kanu: How Southeast Govs went from kissing IPOB boss to disowning him

  18-09-2017 22:33 via pulse.ng
  The presidency put ample pressure on Southeast Governors to abandon Nnamdi Kanu. And they did. In May of 2017, top ranking political office holders from Nigeria’s Southeast region, rolled out the red carpet for Nnamdi Kanu—the separatist leader who has vowed to burn Nigeria to the ground if his dream of a Biafra nation isn’t realised.Standing with Kanu as though posing with a celebrity were Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, Senators Theodore Orji, Sam Egwu, Eyinnaya Abari
  
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• It is time to allow Igbos to go - Niger Delta agitators tell Buhari’s government, state reason

  18-09-2017 22:33
  - The Coalition of Niger Delta Agitators condemned IPOB for attacking security agents and Hausa people in Rivers state- The coalition also lampooned former President
  
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• In Russia: Court rejects family bid for files on vanished WWII diplomat

  18-09-2017 22:33 via pulse.ng
  A Russian court on Monday rejected a bid by the descendants of Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg to force the FSB security service to release details on his presumed death in a Soviet jail. A Russian court on Monday rejected a bid by the descendants of Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg to force the FSB security service to release details on his presumed death in a Soviet jail.Wallenberg used his diplomatic powers to help thousands of Jews flee Nazi-controlled Hungary during World War II and has
  
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• In Norway: Ex-Norway cop gets 21 years for helping smuggle tons of hash

  18-09-2017 22:33 via pulse.ng
  A Norwegian court on Monday sentenced a former top police officer to 21 years in prison for allowing nearly 14 tonnes of hashish to be smuggled into the country over nearly a decade. A Norwegian court on Monday sentenced a former top police officer to 21 years in prison for allowing nearly 14 tonnes of hashish to be smuggled into the country over nearly a decade.Eirik Jensen, who was in charge of fighting organised crime, was given the country's maximum sentence after his conviction for ties to
  
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• APC in South East calls for additional state, state police to deal with local issues and agitations

  18-09-2017 22:33
  The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State has called for an additional state in the South East zone to check current agitation in the
  
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• Petrol price decreased by 1.9% in August – NBS

  18-09-2017 22:32
  By Ediri Ejoh, & Adaeze OkechukwuAVERAGE price paid for Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise known as petrol last month decreased year-on-year (YoY) by 1.9 percent
  
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• Operation Python Dance II: Group calls for postponement of Anambra election

  18-09-2017 22:29 via pulse.ng
  The military, on Friday, September 15, 2017, officially launched an exercise codenamed: Opeartion Python Dance II, in the South-East. A group known as the Voters Rights International (VRI) has called for the postponement of the Anambra election.This is coming as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Anambra State, Dr. Nkwachukwu Orji said the elction might be marred by Biafra agitators.According to reports, INEC announced that the Anambra g
  
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• Donald Trump: US president says 'bureaucracy' holding UN back

  18-09-2017 22:28 via pulse.ng
  US President Donald Trump on Monday warned that "bureaucracy" is holding the United Nations back, delivering a barbed first message to the world body he once derided as a talk shop. US President Donald Trump on Monday warned that "bureaucracy" is holding the United Nations back, delivering a barbed first message to the world body he once derided as a talk shop.Kicking off a frantic week of diplomacy with a panel discussion on UN reform, Trump noted a personal history with the N
  
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• In Spain: Government warns Catalonia faces 'brutal' impoverishment if it leaves

  18-09-2017 22:24 via pulse.ng
  Catalonia would suffer "brutal" impoverishment if it splits from Spain, with a deep plunge in its economic output, Spain's economy minister warned Monday ahead of a disputed independence referendum in the region. Catalonia would suffer "brutal" impoverishment if it splits from Spain, with a deep plunge in its economic output, Spain's economy minister warned Monday ahead of a disputed independence referendum in the region."The general impoverishment of the society would
  
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• Canon, American film showcase return to AIFF 2017

  18-09-2017 22:24
  By Benjamin NjokuORGANISERS of the 14th Abuja International Film Festival have announced a partnership that will see the festival train young Nigerians in the basics of Canon DSLR film making techniques and photography.
  Actors Sadiq Daba (L) and Aderupoko ride bicycles as they perform during filming for “October 1”, a police thriller directed by Kunle Afolayan,This is in conjunction with Canon Central and North Africa office. This training workshop which is scheduled to hold in 
  
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• FG to meet with NUPENG over strike

  18-09-2017 22:21
  Abuja – The Federal Government says it will meet with the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Work, (NUPENG) on Tuesday toward apprehending the
  
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• Video: Buhari biased in appointments, Lai Mohammed lied about IPOB – Reno

  18-09-2017 22:17
  Bestselling author and former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on electronic media, Pastor Reno Omokri has said that the Minister for Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed was not being truthful on his claim about sponsors of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.
  He also said that the military operation in the south-east is not necessary. He also faulted President Muhammadu Buhari on what he termed lopsidedness in federal appointments, accusing Buhari of favouring the north against
  
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• Video: Buhari bias, Lai Mohammed lied about IPOB – Reno

  18-09-2017 22:17
  Bestselling author and former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on electronic media, Pastor Reno Omokri has said that the Minister for Information and Culture, Alhaji
  
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