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    Opposition parties to boycott Nasarawa LG polls – Vanguard News

    Bearly three days to the councils polls in Nasarawa State, opposition political parties have insisted that they will not participate in the elections. Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Francis Orogu, said PDP will not participate, alleging that “it is constitutionally and morally...
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    Fayose mocks Buhari, Obasanjo over $16 billion power project – The Guardian Nigeria...

    Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose yesterday mocked President Muhammadu Buhari and former President Olusegun Obasanjo over their latest verbal exchanges over the $16 billion allegedly spent on power during the tenure of the former president. Fayose, who took to his Twitter handle to mock the...
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    FG faults Amnesty International’s report on security agencies – The Guardian Nigeria...

    The Federal Government has faulted the report by Amnesty International alleging human rights violation by Nigerian military and other security agencies. It said the report is inherently battling with credibility and falling vehemently short of evidential narration....... Read more via The...
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    NNPC to begin retail of petrol across West African countries – The Guardian Nigeria...

    The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) would begin retailing of petroleum products across markets in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in the next two years. NNPC Group Managing Director, Maikanti Baru, who rebranded key downstream … Read more via The...
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    Fidelity Bank targets over N500m deals in SME funding fair – The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper...

    No less than N500 million financing deals await small business in the planned funding fair by Fidelity Bank Plc, in a move aimed at liberalising access to critical seed and expansion capital for the sector operators. Tagged: “Fidelity Small … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper –...
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    Pope considers visiting Nigeria –Onaiyekan – The Sun News

    The Supreme Pontiff, Pope Francis, is considering visiting Nigeria, as part of his itinerary. The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, who disclosed the Pope’s intending visit to Daily Sun, in Abuja, yesterday, said no date has, however, been fixed for the visit. … Read...
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    Anambra bans Okada – The Sun News

    The ban on commercial motorbike in Awka and Onitsha from July 1, by the Anambra State government, may put over 10, 000 youths out of job. Government had, through a press statement by the Chief Press … Read more via The Sun News – https://ift.tt/2IF8n3c Get More Nigeria Metro News
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    My gang killed nine persons in one year, 22-year-old cultist confesses – The Guardian...

    The Ogun State police command has arrested one Gbenga Ogunsanya for allegedly belonging to a deadly cult group. Speaking to newsmen yesterday when he was paraded alongside his gang by the Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Iliyasu..... Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria...
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    Meet 28-Year-Old Nigerian Engineer Who Invented The World’s First Ever Fuel Rocket – Naijabizcom

    28 year old Shehu Balami, is a graduate of Mechanical Engineering from Federal University of Technology (FUT) Minna. He has been researching into rocketry trying to make rocket that will fly, although he initially made many smaller models that instead of flying, exploded due to very low power...
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    Buhari yet to receive Budget 2018 from N’Assembly –Udoma – The Sun News

    The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Udo Udoma, yesterday, revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari, was yet to receive the 2018 budget said to have been transmitted to him for assent one week after it was passed … Read more via The Sun News – https://ift.tt/2s2NLYf Get More...
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    Violence, imposition of candidates threaten Gombe APC unity – The Guardian Nigeria...

    If there is any state in the north where the All Progressives Congress (APC) needs to forge unity of purpose and practice inclusive politics, it is Gombe State. The state is not very special for the forthcoming 2019 electoral … Read more via The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper – Nigeria and...
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    Governor Wike’s Aide, Kobani Arraigned For N750m Fraud – INFORMATION NIGERIA

    Secretary to the Rivers State Government, Mr. Kenneth Kobani and a politician, Mr. Samuel Okposo were docked today in Port Harcourt for a six-count charge of money laundering. The amount involved was N750million, part of the $115million pilfered … Read more via INFORMATION NIGERIA –...
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    Ondo Assembly reverses Impeachment of Deputy Speaker after Governor Akeredolu intervenes– Bellanaija

    The Ondo State House of Assembly has reinstated Iroju Ogundeji barely 24 hours after he was impeached from the post, Punch reports. Ogundeji had on Tuesday been impeached after allegations of … Read more via BellaNaija – https://ift.tt/2LqrQCj Get More Nigeria Political News
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    PDP alerts ICC, UN over Buhari’s boasts on rights violations – BusinessDay : News you can trust

    The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the United Nations and the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague, to take judicial note of the boast by President Muhammadu Buhari affirming and approving his violation of fundamental rights of Nigerians during his regime … Read more...
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    Scientists ‘Hunting’ for the Loch Ness Monster Will Test the Lake’s DNA – Yahoo News –...

    (WELLINGTON, New Zealand) — The stories seem as tall as the lake is deep. For hundreds of years, visitors to Scotland’s Loch Ness have described seeing a monster that some believe lurks in the depths. But now the legend of “Nessie” may have … Read more via Yahoo News – Latest News &...
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    It’s unconstitutional for Trump to block people on Twitter – TechCrunch

    A uniquely 21st-century constitutional question received a satisfying answer today from a federal judge: President Trump cannot block people on Twitter, as it constitutes a violation of their First Amendment rights. The court also ruled he must unblock all previously blocked users. “No...
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    Yahaya Bello: INEC decries low rate of PVC collection – pulse.ng – Nigeria’s entertainment...

    Bello said that as at March, only 3,118 PVCs had been collected in the territory, and urged all registered voters in the area yet to collect their PVC to quickly do so. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday decried low … Read more via pulse.ng – Nigeria’s...
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    Kwara posts 70% revenue increase to N7.7bn – BusinessDay : News you can trust

    The Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KWIRS) on Wednesday disclosed that it had generated the sum of N7. 7 billion between January and April, 2018 with 70 percent increase when compared to the revenue generated same period last year. Murtala Awodun, Chairman of the … Read more via...
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    US parents win battle to evict son, 30 – BBC News

    A New York couple have won their legal battle to evict their 30-year-old son from home after he refused to leave. During a hearing at the state’s highest court in Syracuse, a judge praised Michael … Read more via BBC News – https://ift.tt/2J2Aitf Get more World News
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    Ukraine ‘paid Trump lawyer for talks’ – BBC News

    Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, received a secret payment of at least $400,000 to fix talks between the Ukrainian president and President Trump, … Read more via BBC News – https://ift.tt/2LokQGh Get more World News
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