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• Trump exit, I’m not interested in applying for fresh Green Card soon — Soyinka

  20-01-2021 23:37
  
  Prof. Wole Soyinka and US President Elect Donald TrumpBy Olasunkanmi Akoni
  Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka has said that he was not interested in applying for restoration of his America Green Card any time soon despite the exit of Donald Trump as President of the United States of America.
  Soyinka, described Trump as a “political hustler.”
  Recall that Mr. Donald Trump who was sworn in as President of the United States on 20 January 2017 left office on Wednesday, 20 January 2021.
  Soy
  
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• CHAN: Defenders turn scorers as Cameroon, Mali edge nearer last eight

  20-01-2021 23:17
  
  Cameroonian Salomon Banga set a trend of defenders scoring Wednesday as his country and Mali moved closer to the African Nations Championship (CHAN) quarter-finals, Burkina Faso remained in contention and Zimbabwe were eliminated.
  In a dramatic start to the top-of-the-table Group A clash in Yaounde centre-back Banga put hosts Cameroon ahead and Mali right-back Issaka Samake levelled with only 12 minutes gone.
  There were no further goals and the 1-1 draw left both Cameroon and Mali with four poi
  
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• Group happy over work progress on East-West road

  20-01-2021 22:28
  
  East-West Road in the Niger Delta region…begging for reconstructionA Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) based in Port Harcourt, Rivers, Citizens Quest, has expressed satisfaction with the progress of work on East-West Road linking the Niger Delta states.The Group’s Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Mr Chigozie Okere in a statement on Wednesday in Port Harcourt said the organisation was impressed with the quality and pace of work on the road.He lauded President Muhammadu Buh
  
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• We look forward to working with President Biden, VP Kamala Harris — Buhari

  20-01-2021 22:01
  
  President Muhammadu Buhari
  President Muhammadu Buhari has welcomed inauguration Vice-President Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as President and Vice President of the United States of America.
  In a statement by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Wednesday, Buhari expressed hope that their presidency would mark a strong point of cooperation and support for Nigeria as well as the African continent.
  Buhari congratulated the leaders and entire country on the successful transition.
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• Breaking: Fatokun, abducted Deputy VC Anchor University, regains freedom

  20-01-2021 21:59
  
  By Idowu Bankole
  Professor  Johnson Fatokun, The Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Anchor University Lagos, AUL, who was recently abducted in Nasarrawa State has regained freedom from his abductors.
  A statement on the social media handle of Anchor University confirmed the released.
  “To the glory of God, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Anchor University, Professor J.O. Fatokun, has been released,” Statement read.
  It was earlier reported that how Fatokun had gone to drop his children in scho
  
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• Northern elders ask herdsmen to ignore Akeredolu’s 7-day ultimatum to leave Ondo's forest reserves

  20-01-2021 21:57 via pulse.ng
  
  The elders asks Gov Akeredolu to deal with criminals among the Fulani in Ondo State and stop demonising the ethnic group.The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has asked herdsmen grazing on forest reserves in Ondo state to ignore Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s order asking them to vacate the forest reserves within seven days.The governor had on Monday, January 18, 2021, issued a seven-day ultimatum to herders citing the rising cases of insecurity in the state.Akeredolu said “bad elements&rdquo
  
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• 5144 persons, 828 companies benefit from FG Payroll Support Fund in Ondo

  20-01-2021 21:44
  
  Some 5, 144 persons and 828 companies have so far benefited from the Federal Government (FG) Payroll Support Fund under the Survival Fund Scheme in the last three months in Ondo State.Mrs Kosemani Kolawole, the state Focal Person for the government‘s programme, made this known on Wednesday in Akure, during a meeting with beneficiaries of the FG support programme.Kolawole, who said that about 13,000 slots were allocated to the state by the FG, said that hospitals, hotels,  chambers, sc
  
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• Trump promises ‘to be back in some form’ in farewell speech

  20-01-2021 21:36
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump has promised “to be back in some form,” to cheers from the small crowd gathered as he gave a speech just before leaving Joint Base Andrews for Florida, during his final hours as president.
  “This has been an incredible four years.
  “We were not a regular administration,” Trump said.
  He offered “our respects and our love” to people who suffered from COVID-19.
  Also read: White House communications director resigns
  He did not menti
  
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• How I got my student pregnant — Katsina Vice Principal

  20-01-2021 21:21
  
  By Bashir Bello
  A Vice-Principal and husband of three wives, Ibrahim Tukur have on Wednesday narrated how he got his student pregnant and who later delivered a baby boy for him in Katsina State.Tukur, a resident of Kadandani, Rimi local government area of Katsina State said he had been sexually abusing the teenage student for about eight months.Tukur who happens to be Vice-Principal of a Community Secondary School in the area said he lured the teenage girl with the sum of N500 and below to his a
  
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• How I got my student pregnant, delivered baby boy  — Katsina Vice Principal

  20-01-2021 21:21
  
  By Bashir Bello
  A Vice-Principal and husband of three wives, Ibrahim Tukur have on Wednesday narrated how he got his student pregnant and who later delivered a baby boy for him in Katsina State.Tukur, a resident of Kadandani, Rimi local government area of Katsina State said he had been sexually abusing the teenage student for about eight months.Tukur who happens to be Vice-Principal of a Community Secondary School in the area said he lured the teenage girl with the sum of N500 and below to his a
  
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• Royal family urges Sanwo-Olu to intervene in Onibeju selection

  20-01-2021 21:18
  
  Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State.
  By Gabriel Olawale— LAGOS
  Some aggrieved members of the Onìwonlu Royal Family of Ibeju Kingdom, on Wednesday, called on Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State; former governor of the state, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; Speaker Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr. Mudashiru Obasa and the Attorney-General/Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Moyosore Onigbanjo, to intervene in the selection process for the vacant stool of Onibeju of Ibeju Kingdom.
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• Insecurity is our COVID-19 — Bafarawa

  20-01-2021 21:17
  
  Attahiru Bafarawa
  Former governor of  Sokoto State, Alh Attahiru Bafarawa,  has challenged the federal government to pay more attention to insecurity, especially in Northern Nigeria, than COVID-19.
  Speaking in Abuja, yesterday, he said that the government should spend the proposed N  400 billion meant for COVID-19 vaccine on tackling insecurity in the country.
  He argued that less than 2,000 Nigerians have so far been killed by COVID-19, compared to thousands of Nigerians who have
  
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• Land dispute: Death toll rises to seven in Akwa Ibom community

  20-01-2021 21:10
  
  By Harris Emanuel, Uyo
  The death toll rose to seven on Wednesday, following the alleged invasion of Uko Akpan Enwang by armed youths from Uko Nteghe Uda in Mbo local government of Akwa Ibom State over the disputed land.
  Vanguard gathered that three more victims of the Tuesday attack died in the wee hours of Wednesday from gunshots bringing the number so far to seven, while 17 persons are said to be in critical conditions.
  Among the injured isthe clan head, HRH Ovong Bassey Atabia II, even as on
  
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• Buhari: ‘We look forward to Biden’s presidency with great hope’

  20-01-2021 21:04 via pulse.ng
  
  Buhari wants Biden's presidency to strengthen cooperation between the United States and Nigeria.President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration looks forward to the Presidency of the new US President, Joe Biden, “with great hope and optimism.”Buhari said this in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu on Wednesday, January 20, 2021, after Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States of America.In the statement titled “
  
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• Lagos signs MoU with UK for off-grid energy, partners Korean agency to build Model Smart School

  20-01-2021 21:03
  
  Representative of Lagos state government, Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Mr. Olalere Odusote at the signing of MoU on off-grid energy with UK rep in Lagos.…As Buhari flags off National oil and gas centre in LagosBy Olasunkanmi Akoni
  Lagos State Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with a United Kingdom, UK Funded Africa Clean Energy Technical Assistance Facility (ACE_TAF) to improve off-grid energy access in the state.
  This happened as President Muhamm
  
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• Nigeria not ready for AfCFTA, says APFFLON boss

  20-01-2021 20:50
  
  A map of Nigeria
   
  By Dave Oludare Oso
  Divergent reactions have continued to trail Nigeria’s move to boost its international trade with the the flag-off of African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
  While a sizeable percentage of Nigerians and Organised Private Sector (OPS) players have viewed the development with unbridled optimism, a high number, especially corporate entities are of the opinion that the move will lead to Nigeria’s doomsday as the treaty is going to be imple
  
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• African countries to pay $3/$10 per COVID-19 vaccine dose under AU plan

  20-01-2021 20:45
  
  *Nigeria requires about $283m to obtain 42m doses
  By Sola Ogundipe with Agency report
  African countries will pay between $3 and $10 per vaccine dose to access 270 million COVID-19 shots secured this month by the African Union (AU), according to a draft briefing on the plan prepared by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and provided to Reuters.
  Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, will be required to pay roughly $283 million if it takes its full allocation of 42 million d
  
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• African countries to pay $3- $10 per COVID-19 vaccine dose under AU plan

  20-01-2021 20:45
  
  *Nigeria requires about $283m to obtain 42m doses
  By Sola Ogundipe with Agency report
  African countries will pay between $3 and $10 per vaccine dose to access 270 million COVID-19 shots secured this month by the African Union (AU), according to a draft briefing on the plan prepared by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and provided to Reuters.
  Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, will be required to pay roughly $283 million if it takes its full allocation of 42 million d
  
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• NAPTIP seeks partnership with UNODC to fight human trafficking

  20-01-2021 20:41
  
  The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says it will continue to deepen partnership with the UN Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) to fight trafficking in person in the country.
  The Director-General of NAPTIP, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, made this known when she received the Country Representative of UNODC, Mr Oliver Stolpe, and members of his team on Wednesday in Abuja.
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• Ikpeazu to commission three roads in Aba Friday

  20-01-2021 20:34
  
  Governor Okezie Ikpeazu
  IN continuation of his statewide projects inspection and commissioning programme tagged “Kinetic Abia Tours”, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State will, on January 22, commission three roads he reconstructed in Aba.
  The roads are Eziukwu Road, Milverton Avenue, and  Ojike Lane, all in Aba South Local Council.
  READ ALSO: Ikpeazu bans revenue collection along major roads
  Disclosing the move, Abia State Commissioner for Information, Chief John Kalu, in a st
  
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• U.S. will repair global alliances for future challenges – Biden

  20-01-2021 20:21
  
  Joe Biden, President-elect, United States of America.
  In his first message to foreign nations as president, Joe Biden vowed to repair the U.S.’ alliances with other nations.
  “We will repair our alliances, engage with the world once again, not to meet yesterday’s challenges, but today’s and tomorrow’s challenges.
  “America has been tested. And we’ve come out stronger for it,” Biden said.
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• Investigate circumstances surrounding mother, child’s death in Warri, Okowa orders

  20-01-2021 20:17
  
  Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State.
  Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State  has ordered an immediate investigation into the death of a woman and her daughter in Warri on Wednesday.
  In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Olisa Ifeajika, in Asaba, the governor decried the incident and charged police authorities in the state to commence an urgent and accelerated investigation into the circumstances surrounding the losses.
  According to him, the sad news of the death of a woman and h
  
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• Lockdown averted 5.8m COVID-19 infections in Nigeria — Research

  20-01-2021 20:13
  
  By Sola Ogundipe
  As Nigeria grapples with rising infections caused by the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, a team of international public health, researchers have revealed that the lockdown and restrictions imposed in the country between March and May 2020 may have averted not less than 5.8 million infections.
  In a statement made available to Vanguard, the team of researchers drawn from Parexel International, Harvard University and Holly Hill Hospital in the United States; Sefako Makgatho
  
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• Buhari congratulates U.S President, Joe Biden, VP Kamala Harris

  20-01-2021 20:05
  
  By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Abuja
  PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the new United States of America, USA President, Joe Biden and the Vice President, Senator Kamala Harris as they took the oath of office on Wednesday.
  President Buhari in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu in Abuja last night expressed hope that their presidency will mark a strong point of cooperation and support for Nigeria as well as the African continent.
  Also
  
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• Ultimatum to herders: SANs back Akeredolu, insist action not unconstitutional

  20-01-2021 19:59
  
  Governor Rotimi Akeredolu
  By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, ABUJA
  Senior Advocates of Nigeria, SANs, on Wednesday, threw their weight behind Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, insisting the ultimatum he gave unregistered herders to vacate forest reserves in the state was not unconstitutional.
   
  In separate interviews with Vanguard, the senior lawyers maintained that the 1999 Constitution, as amended, empowered the governor as Chief Security Officer, CSO, of his state, to take any action that is
  
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• Full text of Joe Biden’s Inaugural speech as 46th President of America

  20-01-2021 19:49
  
  Joe Biden (L), flanked by incoming US First Lady Jill Biden is sworn in as the 46th US President by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on January 20, 2021, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / POOL / AFP)
  Chief Justice Roberts, Vice-President Harris, Speaker Pelosi, Leader Schumer, Leader McConnell, Vice-President Pence. My distinguished guests, my fellow Americans.
  This is America’s day. This is democracy’s day. A day of history and hope, of renewal and r
  
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• NIN-SIM Linkage: Buhari extends deadline to Feb 9

  20-01-2021 19:48
  
  *Subscribers commend President, but demand further extension
  By Prince Osuagwu, Hi-Tech Editor
  President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered that no subscriber should be blocked from telecom operators’ networks till February 9.
  This is as the Federal government, Wednesday, made it official that the deadline for subscribers to have their SIMs linked to their National Identity Numbers, NINs, has shifted from January 19 to February 9.
  On December 15, 2020, the Federal Government declared that after
  
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• FG failed to take amnesty programme beyond disarmament — IYC

  20-01-2021 19:40
  
  …Say programme has failed
  By Davies Iheamnachor, PORT HARCOURT
  The Ijaw Youths Council, IYC, Worldwide has stated that the Federal Government has failed to take the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, beyond disarmament and demobilisation, stating that the people the programme has failed.
  IYC also opined that the second wave of militancy is brewing in the Niger Delta region if FG failed to implement in the full package of the PAP.
  In a statement in Port Harcourt yesterday, IYC President
  
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• Biden preaches unity in inaugural speech as 46th US President

  20-01-2021 19:40 via pulse.ng
  
  Biden says his most crucial job is to secure the future of America with everyone's contributions.Joe Biden says he hopes to unite America moments after he was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, January 20, 2021.Biden's inauguration marks the conclusion of a tumultuous political period in America that sparked to life after he beat incumbent Donald Trump in the November 2020 election.In his inaugural speech, Biden described his victory as a victory for democracy, a r
  
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• Wike pledges N500M support for victims, rebuilding of burnt Sokoto market

  20-01-2021 19:32
  
  Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike
  By Egufe Yafugborhi, PORT HARCOURT
  GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike on Wednesday announced a pledge of Five Hundred Million Naira (N500m) as Rivers State Government support towards rebuilding the Sokoto Central Market gutted by fire on Tuesday and to assist affected traders to get back on their feet.
  Wike, during a visit to his Sokoto State counterpart, Aminu Tambuwal, expressed sadness over the devastating fire that razed over 60 per cent of the 16000 shops with goods wor
  
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• Full text of Trump’s farewell speech after exit as 45th President of America

  20-01-2021 19:19
  
  Donald Trump surrendered to the constitutional mandate of the US on Wednesday when he left the White House as the 45th President of America.
  Trump was defeated by Joe Biden of the Democratic Party in the presidential election held on November 3.
  Though he rejected the result, all the cases he filed in courts and other efforts to upturn the result in his favour proved abortive.
  Biden and his Vice, Kamala Harris were sworn in on Wednesday in the absence of Trump, who had vowed not to be present a
  
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• Police arrest 25 suspects over alleged murder, other criminal offences

  20-01-2021 19:16
  
  The Police on Wednesday said it had arrested 25 suspects in connection with kidnapping, armed robbery, murder, cattle rustling, unlawful possession of weapons, and other violent crimes across the country.
  The Force Public Relations Officers (FPRO), CP Frank Mba, disclosed this at a media briefing in Abuja.
  He said that a total of five AK47 riffles with magazines, live ammunition, and a cash sum of N765,000 were recovered from the suspects.
  Mba said the suspects had been linked to the offences b
  
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• Akeredolu: YCE accuses FG of encouraging ‘foreigners’ to unleash terror on Southwest

  20-01-2021 19:07
  
  Ola Ajayi – Ibadan
  Senior Elders Forum of the Yoruba Council of Elders has said the position of the Presidency on the seven-day ultimatum given to herders by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu to vacate forest reserves in Ondo State is a source of concern to people in the six states of the South West.
  The elders the comments by the spokesperson for the presidency were unbecoming of any Government which has the interest of its citizens at heart.
  Speaking through one of its former Presidents, Dansaa
  
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• South Africa records lowest inflation in 16 years

  20-01-2021 18:53
  
  South Africa’s annual Consumer Price Index (CPI) for 2020 was at 3.3 per cent, the lowest inflation recorded since 2004, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said on Wednesday.
  Stats SA attributed food and non-alcoholic beverages as the main drivers of inflation in December with a monthly increase of 0.5 per cent and an annual rise of 6.0 per cent.
  This was up from November’s annual reading of 5.8 per cent.
  “Meat prices rose by 7.3 per cent from a year ago and by 1.2 per cent fr
  
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• Alleged N2bn fraud: Maina prays court for bail over deteriorating medical condition Bail

  20-01-2021 18:48
  
  *Abdulrasheed Maina,
  The former Chairman, defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, on Wednesday, approached Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, for another bail.
  Maina, in a motion on notice dated and filed on Dec. 24, 2020 with charge number: FHC/ABJ/CR/258/19 brought by his lawyer, Anayo Adibe, said the application became necessary over his worsening health condition.READ ALSO:APC behind disunity among Nigerians – LamidoRecall  that Maina 
  
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• Ondo Govt insists on stopping herdsmen from grazing on the state’s forest reserves

  20-01-2021 18:45 via pulse.ng
  
  The state government says it is illegal for herdsmen to encroach the forest reserves.Ondo State Government has stood its ground that no herdsman would be allowed to operate in the state’s forest reserves without permission.In a statement on Wednesday, January 20, 2021, Adegboyega Adefarati, the state Commissioner for Agriculture, and Rural Development, said it was illegal for herdsmen to encroach on the state-owned forest reserves.In the statement titled, ‘Ondo State Government Fores
  
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• COVID -19: Kano records 17 deaths, 827 new cases in 2 months

  20-01-2021 18:43
  
  Kano State Government says it has recorded 17 deaths and 827 new cases between November 2020 and January.
  Dr Sabitu Shanono, the Deputy Coordinator, Technical Response of the state task force on COVID -19, disclosed this during a sensitisation meeting with five Emirs and 50 district heads in the state.
  “From November 2020 to January 2021, the state has also recorded 827 new cases since the coming of the second wave of the pandemic.
  “Two hundred and eighty-nine are still on admission
  
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• Biden takes oath as 46th President of U.S.

  20-01-2021 18:41
  
  Joe Biden (L), flanked by incoming US First Lady Jill Biden is sworn in as the 46th US President by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on January 20, 2021, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / POOL / AFP)
  Joe Biden was sworn in Wednesday as the 46th president of the United States, in an ceremony administered by Chief Justice John Roberts.
  Moments earlier, Kamala Harris was sworn in as vice president of the United States, becoming the first woman of colour to hold the
  
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• PANDEF slams Shehu over ‘irresponsible statement ‘

  20-01-2021 18:38
  
  By Emma Amaize, Regional Editor, South-South
  PAN- Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, the umbrella body of traditional rulers, leaders, and people of the coastal states of Niger Delta, yesterday, took the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media, Mr. Garba Shehu, to the cleaners over his statement castigating Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State over the ultimatum handed to criminal herdsmen to vacate forest reserves in the state.
  Speaking through its National Publicity Secretary, Hon Ken R
  
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• APC behind disunity among Nigerians – Lamido

  20-01-2021 18:18
  
  By Aliyu Dangida-DUTSE
  Ex-Jigawa state governor, Sule Lamido has faulted the All Progressives Congress (APC) led Buhari’s government for causing disunity among Nigerians since it took over in 2015.
  Lamido dropped the hints yesterday at the formal inauguration of a 29 man reconciliation committee of the state People’s Democratic Party (PDP), said the APC had before emerged victorious in the 2015 elections accused PDP of the brain behind Boko Haram, corruption and all forms of evil be
  
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• FG moves to deepen reforms in business environment

  20-01-2021 18:12
  
  As Osinbajo decries report revealing corruption in regulatory agencies
  By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja
  To deepen reforms in Nigeria’s business environment, the Federal Government has resolved that Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) and Heads of some regulatory agencies in the country be presented with the outcome of a recent survey that exposes major pitfalls in the operations of the agencies.
  Specifically, the Cost of Compliance Report presented to the Presidential Enabling Business En
  
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• COVID-19: Kano’s death toll rises to 71

  20-01-2021 18:00
  
  Ganduje
  …Ganduje rallies support of Kano Emirs to reverse, tackle the pandemic
  By Bashir Bello
  Number of death as a result of the covid-19 pandemic has risen to 71 in Kano State.
  The State’s Ministry of Health in its official Twitter handle late Tuesday night tweeted that it recorded additionally one more death case.
  This was coming as the Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje in a stakeholder meeting on Wednesday with the five Kano Emirs rallies the support of the traditional rulers to
  
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• Breaking: Biden sworn in as 46th US president

  20-01-2021 17:56
  
  Joe Biden (L), flanked by incoming US First Lady Jill Biden is sworn in as the 46th US President by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on January 20, 2021, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / POOL / AFP)
  Democrat Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, ending the tumultuous four-year term in the White House of Republican Donald Trump.
  Biden, 78, took the oath of office from Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts at a solemn c
  
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• Brace up for more dividends of democracy in 2021, APC tells Ekiti people

  20-01-2021 17:54
  
  By Rotimi Ojomoyela, Ado-Ekiti
  Going by the pace with which Governor Kayode Fayemi kick starts the year with monumental projects, the All Progressives Congress, (APC) in Ekiti state has told people of the state to expect more dividends of democracy in the new year.
  “The year will be one to be remembered for good by the people of the state as new ideas innovations and monumental projects are beginning to spring up in the state.”
  The APC, in a statement by the Director of Media and Pu
  
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• FEC approves 65 years retirement age for teachers

  20-01-2021 17:51 via pulse.ng
  
  President Muhammadu Buhari approved the recommendations of the bill at the Federal Executive meeting on Wednesday.The Federal Executive Council has on Wednesday, January 20, 2021, approved the Harmonised Retirement Age for Teachers Bill.One of the recommendations of the bill is to change teachers’ retirement age from 60 to 65.The bill also seeks to change the years of service for teachers from 35 to 40.The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, disclosed this to State House corresponden
  
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• UNIBEN to resume based on Edo state covid – 19 directives

  20-01-2021 17:49
  
  By Ozioruva Aliu
   
  BENIN CITY – THE management of the University of Benin has said that its resumption date for students would be hinged on the resumption the date fixed by the state government as a result of the ravaging Covid –19 pandemic.
  A statement yesterday by the Acting Registrar of the school, Clarkson Ehigiator said “The management of the University of Benin acknowledges the sacrifices made by our dear students and their parents during this most challenging perio
  
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• UNIBEN to resume based on Edo Covid-19 directives

  20-01-2021 17:49
  
  By Ozioruva Aliu
   
  BENIN CITY – THE management of the University of Benin has said that its resumption date for students would be hinged on the resumption the date fixed by the state government as a result of the ravaging Covid –19 pandemic.
  A statement yesterday by the Acting Registrar of the school, Clarkson Ehigiator said “The management of the University of Benin acknowledges the sacrifices made by our dear students and their parents during this most challenging perio
  
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• Nothing must happen to Igboho, Ibarapa Youths warn FG, Oyo govt

  20-01-2021 17:38
  
  Ola Ajayi – Ibadan
  Following a seven-day ultimatum given to Fulani herders to vacate Oyo State by Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Igboho, some youths in Ibarapa North Local Government Area of the state have warned both the Federal and State Governments that nothing should happen to Igboho.
  The youths under the aegis of Ibarapa Youths Consultative Forum led by Comrade Sola Omitogun wondered why the hues and cries about the ultimatum when all their pleas for safety and protection from these violen
  
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• Northern elders urge Akeredolu to rescind quit order on Fulanis in Ondo

  20-01-2021 17:38
  
  Rotimi Akeredolu
  By Luminous Jannamike
  The Northern Elders Forum (NEF), on Wednesday, called on Governor Rotimi Akeredolu to rescind his order quitting the Fulani community in parts of Ondo State.
  The Forum said Nigeria would be treading a dangerous path if any governor was allowed to profile and demonize an entire ethnic group as suspects or criminals.
  NEF’s Director, Publicity and Advocacy, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, in a statement issued in Abuja, said that it was unimaginable that Fulanis
  
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• Northern elders urge Akeredolu to rescind quit order on Fulani in Ondo

  20-01-2021 17:38
  
  Rotimi Akeredolu
  By Luminous Jannamike
  The Northern Elders Forum (NEF), on Wednesday, called on Governor Rotimi Akeredolu to rescind his order quitting the Fulani community in parts of Ondo State.
  The Forum said Nigeria would be treading a dangerous path if any governor was allowed to profile and demonize an entire ethnic group as suspects or criminals.
  NEF’s Director, Publicity and Advocacy, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, in a statement issued in Abuja, said that it was unimaginable that Fulanis
  
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