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• Amotekun: SouthWest states move fast to legalise it

  18-01-2020 07:15
  
  State Assemblies to expedite action on billLeaders tell govs to ignore MalamiWe won’t allow any group to undermine Nigeria territorial integrity —MilitaryWarns against any method that negates Buhari’s Community Policing
  By Ola Ajayi, Dapo Akinrefon and Johnbosco AgbakwuruEmboldened by the huge support from the people of the South West region in particular and across the states of the country in general, the South West governors have moved fast to give legal backing to the regi
  
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• Sanwo-Olu applauds Prince Harry for rehabilitating serving, fallen heroes

  12-05-2024 22:28 via pulse.ng
  
  Invictus Games is an initiative of Prince Harry, founded to support the rehabilitation of wounded and sick servicemen and veterans.Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, has commended Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, for rehabilitating serving and fallen heroes mentally and physically, by creating the Invictus Game.The governor made the commendation on Sunday while receiving Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, the Dutchess of Sussex, at the Lagos House, Marina, on a courtesy visit.The Ne
  
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• Lagos single-use plastic, styrofoam ban needs more grassroots awareness

  12-05-2024 22:17 via pulse.ng
  
  Lagos can learn from Rwanda on the use of education and awareness as key drivers of change.My recent visit to Alaba International Market in Lagos revealed a gap between the city's plastic ban and its implementation.While the ban on styrofoam and single-use plastics (SUPs) is a positive step and is in its beginning phase, its effectiveness needs a boost. Upon entering a telecommunications centre to retrieve my line, I spotted a woman selling "abacha", an indigenous delicacy that many find rich an
  
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• Obasanjo describes Gov Adeleke as his dancing partner

  12-05-2024 21:19 via pulse.ng
  
  Obasanjo also commended Adeleke on his developmental programmes in Osun.Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun is his dance partner.Obasanjo made the remark at the inauguration of a VIP lodge in Osun Government House, on Sunday in Osogbo.He, however, told Adeleke, who is usually referred to as the “dancing governor,” to focus on governing the state and do so with honesty and integrity.“You remember that at one time I phoned you; I told you I didn&r
  
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• 14 abducted Kogi varsity students rescued

  12-05-2024 17:52 via pulse.ng
  
  The students were abducted by the bandits who invaded the institution while they were reading for their first-semester examination.14 students of Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara in Kogi, abducted by bandits on Thursday night, have been rescuedMr Bethrand Onuoha, the Commissioner of Police in the North-Central State, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lokoja.The CUSTECH students had been abducted by the bandits that invaded the institu
  
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• APC chieftain begs Nigerians not to give up on Tinubu

  12-05-2024 14:28 via pulse.ng
  
  The party chieftain also appealed to leaders of the opposition parties to guard against utterances.Chief Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun, has appealed to Nigerians not to give up on the administration of President Bola Tinubu.Oyintiloye, a member of the defunct APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), appealed while speaking with journalists in Osogbo on Sunday.He described Tinubu as a “true democrat”, who would fulfil all his electo
  
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• 62-yr-old American who received new kidney from a pig is dead

  12-05-2024 14:13 via pulse.ng
  
  The kidney came from a pig that was genetically edited to remove harmful pig genes and add certain human genes to improve its compatibility with humans.The world’s first patient with a transplanted pig kidney has died, almost two months after the operation.In March, Massachusetts General Hospital transplanted the genetically-edited pig kidney into Rick Slayman, a 62-year-old man living with end-stage kidney disease.The operation was a milestone in xenotransplantation – the transplant
  
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• Enugu governor places ₦10 million bounty on killers of policemen

  12-05-2024 13:40 via pulse.ng
  
  The governor has vowed to go after those who murdered the policemen and other security agents.Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu on Saturday, placed a ₦10 million bounty on the killers of two policemen in Enugu State.He said the government would use every resource at its disposal to bring the killers to book.Mbah announced the reward while briefing newsmen after a State Security Council meeting at the Government House, Enugu, which also had in attendance, the state's Commissioner of Police, Kana
  
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• FG introduces Citizenship Studies as core subjects

  12-05-2024 12:58 via pulse.ng
  
  The Federal Government is codifying Nigeria's values through the National Values Charter.The National Orientation Agency (NOA) says the Federal Government will soon introduce Citizenship Studies as core subjects at all levels of education in the country.The Director-General of NOA, Lanre Issa-Onilu, disclosed this at a Town Hall Meeting with stakeholders on Saturday in Lokoja as part of his two-day working visit to Kogi.Issa-Onilu said it was imperative to interact with stakeholders on governmen
  
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• 4-year-old girl in Ekiti accuses 27-year-old man of raping her

  12-05-2024 12:47 via pulse.ng
  
  The suspect denied the allegation, saying he was being indicted unjustly.The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ekiti State Command, has arrested a 27-year-old man, Ojo Afolabi, for allegedly defiling a four-year-old girl.The suspect, who lives on Olujoda Street, Ado-Ekiti, was arrested after the mother of the girl made a formal complain at the office of the NSCDC in Ado-Ekiti.The four-year-old victim while narrating the incident, alleged that the suspect removed her underwear and
  
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• Okonjo-Iweala wants more women in leadership positions

  12-05-2024 12:30 via pulse.ng
  
  Okonjo-Iweala says it is imperative to increase the percentage of women in leadership positions both in the states and at the federal government levels.Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director–General World Trade Organisation ( WTO), has called for more women inclusion and participation in leadership roles.Okonjo-Iweala made the call while addressing newsmen after a meeting with Duchess of Sussex Meghan and other women at the Nigerian Women in Leadership event, on Saturday in Abuja.She pointed out
  
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• Wike to Fubara : I didn't ask anyone to worship me

  12-05-2024 12:16 via pulse.ng
  
  Wike says has not asked anybody to worship him but whoever has been helped should appreciate his helpers.The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has replied his estranged godson, Siminalayi Fubara, over his recent comment that he cannot worship anyone instrumental to his emergence as Governor of Rivers State.Fubara admitted that God used Wike to make him the number one citizen of the state but he cannot worship him.The governor said, “God can do anything He wants to do
  
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• Lawmakers want to know how many foreigners are living in Nigeria

  12-05-2024 12:08 via pulse.ng
  
  The data is crucial for upholding the integrity of immigration procedures.The House of Representative Committee on Interior says it plans to probe the absence of data on the number of expatriates resident in Nigeria.Rep. Ayuba Adele, Vice Chairman, House Committee on Interior said this during an interactive session with Management of IRIS Smart Technology and Continental Transfer Technique in Abuja on Friday.Adele said that the probe was to identify shortcomings or irregularities and implement n
  
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• Yayi wants Yewa to produce the next governor in Ogun in 2027

  12-05-2024 09:51 via pulse.ng
  
  Yayi says all hands must be on deck to liberate the people of Yewaland politically and empower them economically.Senator representing Ogun West Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Sen Solomon Adeola (Yayi), says it is unjust that the district has not produced a governor since the creation of the state in 1976.Adeola, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriation, made the statement on Saturday in Lagos.He spoke at the Yewaland Development Forum(YDF) 8th Distinguished Lecture Series
  
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• Tinubu asks CBN to suspend implementation of cybersecurity levy

  12-05-2024 09:12 via pulse.ng
  
  A source in the presidency said President Tinubu does not want to add to the burden of Nigerians.President Bola Tinubu has reportedly asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to suspend the implementation of the controversial cybersecurity levy policy.According to ThePunch, the president also asked the apex bank to review the policy.This followed the recent introduction of a 0.5% cybersecurity levy on all electronic transactions by the CBN based on the provisions of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, P
  
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• How Wike forced Obi out of PDP - Paul Ibe

  11-05-2024 22:34 via pulse.ng
  
  Ibe recounted that Wike frustrated the effort to zone the ticket to the southeast because of his ambition to run for president.New insights have surfaced regarding Peter Obi's departure from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to join the Labour Party ahead of the 2023 presidential elections.The rift within the PDP began when Atiku Abubakar, who had previously been the party's flagbearer four years earlier, announced his intention to run for the presidency again. This sparked political tension wi
  
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• Deceased 4-year-old Brickhall School pupil Miguel Ovoke, immortalised

  11-05-2024 20:12 via pulse.ng
  
  The school management previously closed for a week to pay tribute to Miguel’s memory and offered sincere condolences.The Brickhall School Abuja and the family of Miguel Ovoke, the four-year-old pupil who tragically passed away, have announced plans to create an educational foundation.This foundation will provide scholarships to students in memory of Miguel.The decision to establish the scholarship foundation was shared in a joint press release on Friday by the Ovoke family and Brickhall Sc
  
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• Lawmaker slammed for allegedly renting protesters against defence minister

  11-05-2024 18:40 via pulse.ng
  
  The APC youth wing in Zamfara accused Jaji of orchestrating the protest, which targeted the EFCC’s alleged inaction regarding former Governor Bello Matawalle’s case.Zamfara State’s youth wing of the All Progressives Congress (APC) strongly criticised Aminu Sani Jaji, the House of Representatives representative for Birnin Magaji/Kaura Namoda Federal Constituency.Jaji had recently contradicted their stance on a demonstration staged at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
  
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• Peter Obi offers support to Tijani Babangida after fatal car crash

  11-05-2024 18:02 via pulse.ng
  
  He notably contributed to Nigeria's success in the 1996 Olympics, clinching gold with the U-23 team.The presidential bannerman of the Labour Party has extended his support to Tijani Babangida, an ex-Nigerian international football star following a tragic auto-crash that claimed the life of his brother Ibrahim.Emmanuel Babayaro, the general secretary of the Professional Footballers Association of Nigeria (PFAN), stated that Babangida was accompanied by his younger brother Ibrahim, his wife, son,
  
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• Niger speaker to hold mass wedding for 100 female orphans of bandit attack

  11-05-2024 17:25 via pulse.ng
  
  The Speaker, representing Mariga Constituency, characterised the endeavour as part of his constituency empowerment project to ease the plight of the underprivileged.Abdulmalik Sarkindaji, the Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, has revealed intentions to arrange marriages for 100 female orphans who lost their parents to banditry in Mariga Local Government Area.Speaking to reporters in Minna, the state capital, Sarkindaji assured them he would cover the grooms' dowries and that he had a
  
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• NASA plans to build a levitating robot train & railway on the moon

  11-05-2024 13:56 via pulse.ng
  
  A durable, long-life robotic transport system will be critical to the daily operations of a sustainable lunar base in the 2030’sAs sci-fi concept to build a railway on the moon has inched closer to reality with National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) setting aside funds to bring the concept to life.The Flexible Levitation on a Track (Float) is one of six projects chosen under Nasa's Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program and could go on to become new space missions.The lu
  
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• Renowned Yobe monarch passes away at 70

  11-05-2024 13:31 via pulse.ng
  
  He was installed as Emir on July 25, 2001, and spent 23 years on the throne before his demise.The Emir of Tikau in Yobe, Alhaji Muhammadu Abubakar Ibn-Grema, is dead.The Emir’s younger brother, Alhaji Abubakar Talba, confirmed the death in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Damaturu on Saturday.Talba, a prince of the Tikau Emirate Council, said that Ibn-Grema died in Potiskum at about 4 pm on Friday.“Yes, I can confirm to you that the Emir died after a brief illnes
  
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• Ex-minister Dalung recounts ordeal in Jos hospital over N80k

  11-05-2024 12:14 via pulse.ng
  
  Dalung expressed surprise at the hospital's treatment, especially considering his long-standing patronage.Solomon Dalung, a former Minister of Sports and Youth Development, shared a harrowing account of his recent brush with death while hospitalized in Jos, the capital of Plateau State.Dalung fell ill on Wednesday and quickly sought medical attention, but his condition deteriorated rapidly, leading to unconsciousness shortly after being assessed by doctors.In a post shared via X on Friday, Dalun
  
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• Ex-minister Dalung recounts ordeal in Jos hospital over ₦80k

  11-05-2024 12:14 via pulse.ng
  
  Dalung expressed surprise at the hospital's treatment, especially considering his long-standing patronage.Solomon Dalung, a former Minister of Sports and Youth Development, shared a harrowing account of his recent brush with death while hospitalised in Jos, the capital of Plateau State.Dalung fell ill on Wednesday and quickly sought medical attention, but his condition deteriorated rapidly, leading to unconsciousness shortly after being assessed by doctors.In a post shared via X on Friday, Dalun
  
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• EFCC cracks down on dollar use in embassies, naira now mandatory

  11-05-2024 11:41 via pulse.ng
  
  The EFCC referenced Section 20(1) of the Central Bank of Nigeria Act, 2007, which stipulates that only currencies issued by the apex bank are legal tender in Nigeria.The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has issued a stern warning to foreign missions in Nigeria, prohibiting them from using foreign currencies and requiring them to use the Naira for their financial transactions.Similarly, Nigerian foreign missions abroad must now accept Naira for their financial activities.This measure aims
  
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• Lawmaker responds to $140m bribery allegation tied to Binance saga

  11-05-2024 10:00 via pulse.ng
  
  Hon Okafor highlighted his private sector background and long-standing membership in the Rotary International Club, underscoring his commitment to integrity and public service.Hon. Dominic Okafor, a member of the House of Representatives representing the Aguta Federal Constituency, refuted allegations of accepting $140 million in bribes from Mr. Nadeem Anjarwalla, a Binance Executive who fled detention.Speaking at a press conference in Abuja, Okafor denounced the claims made by an online media o
  
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• APC Senator tackles Tinubu, CBN over proposed cybersecurity levy

  11-05-2024 09:00 via pulse.ng
  
  While expressing overall support for the Act, Senator Ndume openly admitted his regret for not noticing a particular provision that he believed could burden Nigerians.Senator Ali Ndume has criticised the contentious cybersecurity levy, arguing that it’s unfair for the government to keep taxing citizens without taking steps to boost their income.Speaking as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today, the senator representing Borno South Senatorial District in the Senate expressed
  
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• UTME: 174 Deeper Life students hit over 300 JAMB score

  11-05-2024 08:30 via pulse.ng
  
  Ayeyemi Godsgift Ibukunoluwa scored the highest points within the school this year, attaining 362 points out of a possible 400.The management of Deeper Life High School has announced that 174 of their students surpassed 300 points in the recent Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) opted not to reveal the identities of this year’s top scorers in the UTME.However, Deeper Life High School shared the achievements of their 174 hig
  
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• Rivers crisis: Gov Fubara relocates state assembly to govt house

  11-05-2024 08:00 via pulse.ng
  
  Fubara expressed concerns in the official publication, citing the chamber’s conditions as hazardous and endangering the lives of legislators and their staff.Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers has officially authorised the relocation of the House of Assembly to the Auditorium within the Administrative Block of the Government House in Port Harcourt.This decision, outlined in a document dated December 14, 2023, attributes the move to the unfortunate arson incident in the assembly chamber.In
  
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• Naira loses momentum as dollar shortage looms nationwide - Reports

  10-05-2024 22:41 via pulse.ng
  
  Two other African nations have experienced currency depreciation, with the Zambian kwacha reaching a historic low against the dollar and Ghana's cedi dropping to its weakest level since 2022.Nigeria's naira has taken a sharp downturn and is now the world's worst-performing currency over the past month.This decline puts pressure on the central bank to continue raising interest rates. The naira has weakened to ₦1,466.31 against the dollar, its lowest level since March 20.This drop is attribu
  
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