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• ONDO 2020: I’ve no alliance with PDP – Ajayi, ZLP clarifies

  17-09-2020 23:53
  
  … We’re winning the election
  …Report planted to discourage our supporters
  Dayo Johnson Akure.
  CANDIDATE of the Zenith Labour Party in the Ondo state governorship election, Hon Agboola Ajayi has denied any romance or alliance with the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Eyitayo Jegede in the forthcoming election.
  Ajayi’s Chief Press Secretary, Babatope Okeowo in a statement issued in Akure said that the report was not “only fake but planted by the informati
  
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• Why I resigned — Babalakin

  17-09-2020 23:42
  
  Dr. Wale Babalakin
  Dr. Wale Babalakin(SAN) has stated the reasons he resigned, on Thursday, as the Chairman of the Governing Council of the University of Lagos, UNILAG.
  His resignation came few hours after the Special Visitation Panel set up by the Federal Government to look into the affairs of the university submitted its report to the Education Minister, Malam Adamu Adamu, in Abuja.
  In the letter of resignation dated September 15, and addressed to the Minister of Education, Babalakin read (exc
  
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• Ikpeazu commissions molecular lab, infectious disease hospital in Aba

  17-09-2020 23:16
  
  Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State.
  Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has commissioned a molecular laboratory and diagonistic centre in Aba, for the testing of Covid-19 and an infectious disease hospital with capacity to isolate and treat 50 patients of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases at the same time.
  Speaking at the premises of Aba General Hospital, location of the 16-module GenExpert Laboratory, Governor Ikpeazu commended the patriotic zeal of members of the Abia Development Sum
  
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• INEC distributes sensitive materials to Edo LGs, to recruit more ad hoc staff in Ondo

  17-09-2020 23:15
  
  By Omeiza Ajayi – Abuja
  The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC on Thursday said it has commenced the distribution of sensitive electoral materials to local government areas in Edo State ahead of Saturday’s Governorship Election in the state.
  This was as it said it has opened a dedicated link to allow for further recruitment of members of the National Youth Service Corps NYSC Scheme as ad hoc staff in Ondo state.
  The Commission in a statement by its National Commissioner
  
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• Israelis protest against second coronavirus lockdown

  17-09-2020 23:13
  
  An Israeli woman in a clown’s outfit mocks a giant head of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a demonstration in the coastal city of Tel Aviv against a second nationwide lockdown to tackle a spike in coronavirus cases. PHOTO: JACK GUEZ/AFP
  Hundreds of Israelis protested in Tel Aviv late Thursday against a second nationwide lockdown, the first such move in the world to tackle a renewed spike in coronavirus cases.
  The country is to re-enter lockdown at 2:00pm on Friday (1100 GMT), hours be
  
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• Yes, Nigeria is collapsing forward – Femi Adesina

  17-09-2020 23:07
  
  Femi Adesina
  In the past one week, those who think they own Nigeria, and their cohorts, have been making magisterial pronouncements on the state of the nation.
  What they couldn’t get through the ballot box in 2019, they are attempting to achieve through misinformation, disinformation, malevolence, false narrative, and outright malediction.
  Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, wants us to believe that the country is collapsing, and is now a basket case, with the economy and unity in t
  
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• Coronavirus cases top 30 million worldwide

  17-09-2020 23:04
  
  The number of coronavirus cases registered worldwide topped 30 million on Thursday, according to an AFP tally based on official sources.
  The grim landmark came as the World Health Organization warned of “alarming rates of transmission” of Covid-19 across Europe.
  The coronavirus death toll is now at 943,086 since it surfaced in China late last year and the number of cases has ballooned to 30,000,062, according to figures available at 19:45 GMT.
  ALSO READ: International solidarit
  
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• Niger Delta Govs See 13% Derivation As Free Money, Rep Dagogo Says

  17-09-2020 23:03
  
  Hon. Farah Dagogo representing Degema/Bonny Federal Constituency, River State…Says $10trillion of Funds Wasted on Frivolities In 8years
  By Tordue Salem
  A member of the House of Representatives, Rep. Dagogo Farah, has accused governors of the Niger Delta of prodigal expenditure of the thirteen percent derivation allocated to them from oil sales.
  The lawmaker from Rivers State, said this in an interview with VANGUARD on Thursday.
  Also read:  Captain Hosa Rising
  “This is a very sa
  
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• Edo polls: Do-or-die mentality, threat to free, fair elections — Buhari

  17-09-2020 22:59
  
  Urges Parties, security, candidates to behave responsiblyBy Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja
  President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said that the do-or-die mentality to politics was a threat to free and fair elections because the actors are more focused on winning than caring about a fair outcome that reflects the will of the people.
  President Buhari in a message to voters, political parties, election officials, and security personnel, advised political parties, candidates, and security agents
  
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• Edo election: ADC raises alarm over deployment of 31,000 security operatives

  17-09-2020 22:56
  
  ADC candidate, Mabel Oboh
  African Democratic Congress, ADC, has raised the alarm over the deployment of over 31,000 policemen in Edo State ahead of the governorship elections holding on Saturday, September 19.
  Speaking, the party’s gubernatorial candidate, Mabel Oboh, said it was wrong, unconstitutional and alarming for the state to be laid under siege under a democratic dispensation.
  Oboh lamented: “As at last count, it was reported that over 31,000 policemen and security operatives
  
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• FG orders Nigerians with bank accounts to obtain and submit Self-Certification form

  17-09-2020 22:46 via pulse.ng
  
  <p class="">The Federal Government has asked every Nigerian with bank accounts to go to theirfinancial institutions to obtain, fill and submit a self-certification form.</p><h1>The government announced this in a series of tweets on Thursday, September 17, 2020, via its verified Twitter handle.</h1><p class="">Account holders in banks, insurance companies and any other financial institutions are required to submit the self-certification form to th
  
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• FG orders Nigerians with bank account to obtain and submit Self-Certification form

  17-09-2020 22:46 via pulse.ng
  
  <p class="">The Federal Government has asked every Nigerian with bank accounts to go to theirfinancial institutions to obtain, fill and submit a self-certification form.</p><h1>The government announced this in a series of tweets on Thursday, September 17, 2020, via its verified Twitter handle.</h1><p class="">Account holders in banks, insurance companies and any other financial institutions are required to submit the self-certification form to th
  
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• FG directs all account holders in financial institutions to re-register despite BVN

  17-09-2020 22:07
  Victor Ogunyinka
  The Federal Government of Nigeria has directed Nigerians with accounts in any financial institutions to obtain, complete and submit Self – Certification Forms to their respective financial institutions.
  The financial institutions comprise of banks, insurance companies and others.
  The forms, according to a tweet thread from the verified account of the Government of Nigeria explained that the forms are required by the relevant financial institutions to carry out due diligen
  
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• FG directs all account holders in financial institutions to re-register despite BNV

  17-09-2020 22:07
  
  The Federal Government of Nigeria has directed Nigerians with accounts in any financial institutions to obtain, complete and submit Self – Certification Forms to their respective financial institutions.
  The financial institutions comprise of banks, insurance companies and others.
  The forms, according to a tweet thread from the verified account of the Government of Nigeria explained that the forms are required by the relevant financial institutions to carry out due diligence procedures in
  
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• Edo Election: Buhari warns against ‘do-or-die’ politics

  17-09-2020 21:40 via pulse.ng
  
  <p class="">President Muhammadu Buhari has advised political parties, candidates and security agents to behave responsibly in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Edo.</p><h1>The president, in a message to voters, political parties, election officials and security personnel, also warned against what he described as “the do-or-die mentality to politics.”</h1><p class="">The president’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, &l
  
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• FG reviews treasury forms, accounting documents for digital compliance

  17-09-2020 21:21
  
  President Muhammadu Buhari
  The Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, OAGF, has commenced a comprehensive review of treasury forms and other accounting source documents in use in all ministries, departments and agencies, MDAs, of the Federal Government.
  A statement by Henshaw Ogubike, Director, Information, Press and Public Relations, noted that the review was in exercise of the mandate of the Accountant General of the Federation under FR.107 (n) to issue officially-approved forms b
  
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• Edo 2020: CODER mobilises 50 election observers, sues for peace

  17-09-2020 21:08
  
  Ahead of the Edo State gubernatorial election slated for this Saturday, a non-governmental organization, Coalition of Democrats for Electoral Reforms (CODER) has mobilized over 50 observers to monitor the electoral processes and the political developments in the state.
  CODER, in a statement on Thursday by its national coordinator, Mr. Temitope Shaba and spokesman, Comrade Ayodele Adewale, said the 50 observers who have been trained and duly accredited by the National Independent Electoral Commis
  
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• NNPC trading surplus rises by 860% to N20.4bn in one month

  17-09-2020 21:01
  
  By Michael Eboh
  The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Thursday, announced a trading surplus of N20.36 billion in July 2020, rising by 860 per cent from a surplus of N2.12 billion recorded in June.
  In a statement on its Monthly Financial and Operations Reports for July 2020, Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the NNPC, Dr. Kennie Obateru, stated that significant increase in its bottom line was largely due to the 178 per cent rise in the surplus posted by the NNPC
  
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• Dollar has affected price of gold, says Taiwo, CEO Accolade Jewellers

  17-09-2020 21:00
  
  CEO of Accolade Jewellers, Kolade Taiwo.
  The  CEO of Accolade Jewellers, Kolade Taiwo, has lamented that the high exchange rate between the American dollars and Nigerian naira has negatively impacted the price of gold in the local market.
  Speaking in an interview with reporters in Lagos, Kolade Taiwo said the prevailing harsh economic conditions have made the price of gold to shoot up,  beyond the reach of customers.
  According to the jewellery producer and seller, “business has n
  
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• Foreigners ‘live in constant fear’ in South Africa ― HRW

  17-09-2020 20:49
  
  A march in South Africa called on people to oppose xenophobia. PHOTO: Getty Image
  Foreign nationals in South Africa suffer “routine” harassment, violence and discrimination by locals and government authorities, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday.
  The group said xenophobia remained widespread in South Africa despite a government action plan rolled out in May 2019 to combat “intolerance”.
  Foreign workers are often victims of anti-immigrant sentiment in South Africa &
  
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• Niger Delta govs see 13% derivation as free money ― Rep Dagogo 

  17-09-2020 20:41
  
  By Tordue Salem – Abuja
  A member of the House of Representatives, Rep. Dagogo Farah, has accused governors of the Niger Delta of prodigal expenditure of the thirteen per cent derivation allocated to them from oil sales.
  The lawmaker from Rivers State said this in an interview with VANGUARD on Thursday.
  “This is a very sad commentary as it relates to the oil-producing communities of the Niger Delta. The 13 per cent Derivation is the fund set aside to assist oil-producing communities
  
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• 'Stop inciting Nigerians with your utterances', group tells Obasanjo, Soyinka

  17-09-2020 20:39 via pulse.ng
  
  <p class="">Wole Soyinka recently backed Obasanjo's comment that Nigeria is closer to extinction.</p><h1>A Civil Society Organisation (CSO), Citizens Action for Good Governance (CAGG) on Thursday in Abuja condemned a statement by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on the state of the nation that Nigeria had become a failed state.</h1><p class="">The statement had discredited the Muhammadu Buhari-led government as leading the nation to extinction
  
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• Bandits kill DPO, Inspector, abduct housewives in Sokoto village

  17-09-2020 20:39
  
  By Ibrahim HassanWuyo
  Bandits in Tangaza Local Government Area of Sokoto State, Wednesday night, shot and killed a police DPO and an Inspector, and abducted two married women in Gidanmadi community.
  Locals said the bandits first attacked the police station in the community, killed the DPO and an Inspector before they embarked on the kidnap mission.
  A locale told the BBC Hausa, in an interview, that at about 1a.m., they were woken up by gunshots.
  ALSO READ: Police kill one kidnapper, rescue two
  
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• Ugwuanyi hails IGP Abubakar for additional Police Area Command in Enugu

  17-09-2020 20:29
  
  Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has expressed the immense gratitude of his administration to the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Mohammed Adamu Abubakar, for approving the permanent site of the Police Area Command Headquarters, Orba, in Udenu Local Government Area of the state, to enhance the security of the area and its jurisdiction.
  Speaking when he inaugurated the Police Area Command Headquarters, Orba, on Thursday, Gov. Ugwuanyi, who disclosed that his administration diligent
  
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• Edo, Ondo guber: PDP storms INEC headquarters, demands assurance of credible polls

  17-09-2020 20:25
  
  …As INEC reiterates commitment to free and fair elections
  Uche Secondus
  By Dirisu Yakubu – Abuja
  The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday visited the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, headquarters, Abuja to demand assurances of credible and transparent governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states.
  Addressing newsmen, national vice chairman (North) of the party, Senator Suleiman Nazif said the assurance of free and fair polls is sufficient for th
  
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• NCC holds first virtual bi-annual meeting with telcos on complaints management

  17-09-2020 20:18 via pulse.ng
  
  <p class="">NCC renews discussion with telcos on compensation policy.</p><p class=""><strong>The regular bi-annual meeting of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and Senior Executives of telecommunication companies on complaints management held recently, and for the first time virtually, in compliance with COVID-19 management protocols instituted by the Federal Government.</strong></p><p class="">At the meeting, whi
  
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• NERC forbids landlords from imposing outstanding electricity bills on new tenants

  17-09-2020 20:16
  
  .Vows to deal with DISCOs violating capping order
  Electricity
  By Chris Ochayi – Abuja
  The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has directed landlords to stop imposing outstanding electricity bills in an apartment on new tenants.
  The commission said this in a tweet on Thursday that “Landlord’s outstanding electricity bills cannot be enforced on a tenant. A judge recently ruled that the bills of a previous tenant cannot be enforced on a new customer. Send us details if you
  
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• Ban on election riggers: Wike urges US, UK to name indicted persons

  17-09-2020 20:12
  Governor Nyesom wike of Cross Rivers State.
  By Egufe Yafugborhi
  PORT HARCOURT— GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, has urged the United States, US, and United Kingdom, UK, to name the Nigerians both nations have slammed with travel ban for promoting the rigging of elections in Nigeria.
  Governor Wike said this, Thursday, in Port Harcourt, while commenting on Edo State governorship election, noting that publishing names of the indicted politicians would positively change negativities in th
  
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• Fraudster bags jail term for romance scam

  17-09-2020 20:11
  
  Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of the Kwara State High Court has convicted and sentenced 29-year-old Usman Muhammed to prison for romance scam.
  The convict was prosecuted by the Ilorin zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a one-count charge of impersonation.
  The charge read: “That you, Usman Muhammed (a.k.a Adepeju Omolara and Guns Omolara Valle), sometime in February 2020 or thereabout at Ilorin, Kwara State, within the jurisdiction of his honourable court, att
  
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• Ebonyi to reopen schools Oct 5, nursery/creche to resume 2021

  17-09-2020 20:11
  
  By Peter Okutu – Abakaliki
  Ebonyi State Government, Thursday stated that all schools will be reopened on 5th October 2020 apart from Nursery schools/creche in the State.
  Meanwhile, the reopening of Nursery/Creche will be in 2021.
  ALSO READ: Ebonyi State ranks third in Female Genital Mutilation practice
  The Commissioner for Education, Mr Onyebuchi Chima, stated this during the State Executive Council, EXCO briefing at the Government House, Abakaliki.
  “For Primary, Secondary and
  
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• Veteran actor, Jimoh Aliu, dies at 85

  17-09-2020 19:59
  
  The movie industry has yet again been thrown into mourning as another veteran actor, Jimoh Aliu famously known as Aworo is dead.
  According to news reaching Vanguard, the actor who celebrates his 85th birthday last year died some hours ago
  He was a very prominent figure in Yoruba epic films from the 80s to the turn of the millennium.
  Aliu was producing the first of his five-movies project, Olowo Ite, before his demise. The movies were expected to feature top Nollywood actors.
  ALSO READ: The 10 b
  
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• Fayemi promises not to renege on payment of gratuity

  17-09-2020 19:56
  
  Kayode Fayemi
  By Rotimi Ojomoyela – Ado-Ekiti
  As part of steps taken by the Ekiti State government to gradually defray the backlog of gratuity owed the retirees, no fewer than 52 pensioners were given cheques worth several millions of naira as gratuities on Thursday.
  The State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi who handed out the cheques in Ado- Ekiti, restated the commitment of his administration to bringing succour to the State workforce and pensioners by prioritizing their welfare in spite of t
  
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• Buhari signs Nigeria Police Bill 2020 into law

  17-09-2020 19:50 via pulse.ng
  
  <p class=""> President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the Nigeria Police Bill, 2020.</p><h1>Mr Femi Adesina, the president’s spokesman confirmed this in a statement in Abuja on Thursday.</h1><p class="">Adesina said that the president in a memo dated Sept. 16, 2020, communicated his assent to the Bill to the National Assembly, through the Clerk of the legislature.</p><p class="">According to him, the Act repeals the
  
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• Niger paying salaries to 333 dead civil servants; N5bn stolen in 2 years

  17-09-2020 19:47
  
  Niger State governor, Abubakar Sani
  By Wole Mosadomi – Minna
  Three hundred and thirty-three certified “dead civil servants” have been uncovered to be on the payroll of  Niger state government for the past two years.
  Besides the unbelievable revelation of the dead, N207M has also been uncovered as being stolen and paid as salaries to fake civil servants in the state amounting to about N5billion in the past two years.
  Chairman of the Screening Committee set up by the state g
  
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• Niger govt unknowingly paying salaries to 333 ‘dead civil servants’, N5bn stolen in 2 years

  17-09-2020 19:47
  
  Niger State governor, Abubakar Sani
  By Wole Mosadomi – Minna
  Three hundred and thirty-three certified “dead civil servants” have been uncovered to be on the payroll of  Niger state government for the past two years.
  Besides the unbelievable revelation of the dead, N207M has also been uncovered as being stolen and paid as salaries to fake civil servants in the state amounting to about N5billion in the past two years.
  Chairman of the Screening Committee set up by the state g
  
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• Breaking the cycle of underdevelopment: An urgency for Book Clubs

  17-09-2020 19:46
  
   By Ifeoluwa Akinola
  Reading is a complex cognitive process of decoding symbols to derive meaning. Humans can alternatively use reading to communicate, receive and acquire language, information and ideas from one generation to another.
  You can imagine how reading helped us to learn and sustain the tenets of socialism, liberalism and democracy- the ideologies that keep our political systems together.
  Reading is one of the hallmarks of literacy which enhances social, economic and political in
  
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• Aggrieved APC chieftains unite ‘to unseat PDP’ in Oyo

  17-09-2020 19:45
  
  Ola Ajayi – Ibadan
  Several aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State who have agreed to bury their differences have vowed to unseat the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the next election.
  The chieftains of the party took the decision yesterday in Ibadan during a stakeholders’ meeting held at the Premier Hotel, Ibadan on Thursday.
  The meeting was convened to brief stakeholders on the outcome of meetings held with the National Reconciliation Committ
  
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• Biafra doesn’t need your investment, IPOB replies Miyetti Allah

  17-09-2020 19:38
  
  By Chimaobi Nwaiwu
  Nnewi—The Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB, Thursday, replied Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN’s claim that they were in the South-East just for business interest.
  IPOB said Miyetti Allah’s kind of business lead to loss of lives and the sacking of indigenes.
  In a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, the pro-Biafra group said it is finding it amusing to believe that Miyetti Allah has purely business intere
  
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• Nigerian airline operators elect new executives

  17-09-2020 19:32
  
  By Lawani Mikairu
  Domestic airline owners, under the aegis of Airline Operators of Nigeria, AON, Thursday elected new executive members to run the affairs of the association.
  The election which took place in Lagos saw the emergence of new President of the association, Alhaji (Dr.) Abdulmunaf Yunusa, founder of Azman Airline and the President of Azman Group, while Chairman/CEO of Air Peace Airline, Barrister Allen Onyema was elected the Vice-President. Dr Yunusa took over from Sir Nogie Meggison
  
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• Rivers community laments school’s state, says has only 2 teachers, pupils sit on bare floor

  17-09-2020 19:28
  
  By Egufe Yafugborhi – Port Harcourt
  AHEAD of imminent full resumption for schools over Covid-19, community leaders in Ogboloma, Abua Odual Local Government Area (LGA), have urged the Governor Nyesom Wike to rescue the community primary school from collapsed facilities and absence of teachers.
  The Chairman, Ogboloma Community Development Committee (CDC), Tom Family, complained to Vanguard Thursday that pupils in the Community Primary School have no conducive environment to resume learning
  
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• Recovered Loots: EFCC, ICPC agree to transfer records to central database

  17-09-2020 19:25
  
  Malami launches Central Criminal Justice Information System
  As UK calls for transparency, efficient management of recovered assets
  EFCC
  By Ikechukwu Nnochiri – Abuja
  Heads of anti-corruption agencies in the country, on Thursday, agreed to transfer all their assets recovery records to a new central database that is domiciled at the Federal Ministry of Justice.
  They made the pledge during the formal launch of the central database by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Just
  
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• If you want to play politics you must be selfless ― Delta Rep advises Youths

  17-09-2020 19:18
  
  Rep Ossai Ossai
  By Tordue Salem – Abuja
  Youths must embrace honesty and selflessness in politics, Rep. Ossai Ossai (PDP-Delta), advised on Thursday.
  The lawmaker gave the advice to the National Political Equity Movement (NPEM), a youth group, in Abuja on the occasion on the International Day of Democracy.
  He admonished them to embrace the culture of honesty and selflessness in their quest to join partisan politics
  “If you want to play politics you must be selfless to be able to prote
  
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• Wike redeems N30m bounty promise to police on arrest, killing of Bobosky

  17-09-2020 19:11
  
  Honest Digbara, a.k.a Bobosky
  By Davies Iheamnachor – Port Harcourt
  The Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has redeemed the N30,000,000 bounty he promised anyone with information that would lead to the arrest of the notorious criminal captured and killed last week, Honest Digbara, a.k.a, Bobosky.
  The Secretary to the State Government, Dr Tammy Danagogo, while handing over the N30m cheque to the police on behalf of Wike said that he was elated that the police force and the public wor
  
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• Buhari signs Police Bill 2020 into law

  17-09-2020 19:08
  
  By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja
  President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the Nigeria Police Bill, 2020.
  President Buhari in a memo dated September 16, 2020, communicated his assent to the Bill to the National Assembly, through the Clerk of the legislature.
  A statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina explained that the Act repealed the Police Act Cap. P19. Laws of the Federation, 2004, and provides for a more effective and well
  
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• Gov Wike urges Buhari to make Edo election a model

  17-09-2020 19:07 via pulse.ng
  
  <p class="">Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to use the Edo Governorship election as a model to create hope in the electoral process.</p><h1>The governor made the appeal on Thursday in a statement by Paulinus Nsirim, Commissioner for Information and Communications, made available to newsmen in Port Harcourt.</h1><p class="">According to the statement, Wike, also Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Na
  
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• Rep warns Youths against selfish politics

  17-09-2020 19:06
  
  Ossai Nicholas Ossai,
  By Tordue Salem
  Youth must embrace honesty and selflessness in politics, Rep. Ossai Ossai (PDP-Delta), advised on Thursday.
  The lawmaker gave the advice to the National Political Equity Movement (NPEM), a youth group, in Abuja on the ocassion on the International Day of Democracy.
  He admonished them to embrace the culture of honesty and selflessness in their quest to join partisan politics.
  Also read: Why character matters in politics
  “If you want to play politics you
  
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• Rep warns Youth against selfish politics

  17-09-2020 19:06
  
  Ossai Nicholas Ossai,
  By Tordue Salem
  Youth must embrace honesty and selflessness in politics, Rep. Ossai Ossai (PDP-Delta), advised on Thursday.
  The lawmaker gave the advice to the National Political Equity Movement (NPEM), a youth group, in Abuja on the ocassion on the International Day of Democracy.
  He admonished them to embrace the culture of honesty and selflessness in their quest to join partisan politics.
  Also read: Why character matters in politics
  “If you want to play politics you
  
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• Edo 2020: Tight security as INEC commences distribution of sensitive materials

  17-09-2020 19:01
  
  By Ozioruva Aliu – Benin City
  There was tight security around Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Benin City for the better part of Thursday which caused gridlock at Ring Road, the City Centre and adjoining roads including Airport road, Sokponba road, Sapele road, Akpakpava road and others.
  A police Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) was parked at the entrance gate to the Bank while only journalists with their identity cards were allowed into the premises to witness the movement of sensitive mate
  
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• FG to begin work on Port Harcourt-Maiduguri rail line soon — Amaechi

  17-09-2020 19:00
  By Dirisu Yakubu – Ibadan
  The federal government will commence work on Port Harcourt-Bonny-Maiduguri railway corridor as soon as the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge is completed, Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has assured.
  Amaechi however added that the planned commencement is subject to approval by the Federal Executive Council, FEC.
  The Minister stated this in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, while on an inspection tour to ascertain the level of work done on the stations along the
  
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• El-Rufai suggests ways to reform LG system

  17-09-2020 18:58
  
  Nasir el-Rufai
  By Ibrahim HassanWuyo
  Governor Nasiru Ahmad El-Rufai of Kaduna state has said that ‘’local government system has been badly abused and the only way we can achieve any sanity is to have very strong audit functions, a very strong audit cadre with an independent Auditor-General for the Local Government that is not beholden to anyone. ‘
  He said that Kaduna state will support any step that will strengthen the capacities of auditors to check corruption, fraud and abuse
  
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