Latest News in Nigeria Today Friday 4th October 2019
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target=_blank>Buhari charges South Africans, Nigerians on adherence to local laws
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Pretoria, South Africa, said authorities should be more pro-active in detecting early signals of violence between competitors, while migrants and companies should adhere to the local laws of host countries.
Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman in a statement in Abuja on Thursday, said the Nigerian leader stated this when he responded to questions during a news conference at the Union Building, alongside his host, President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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target=_blank>2019 World Teachers’ Day: Leaving long-lasting legacies
If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do something worth writing – Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), United Statesfounding father.
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target=_blank>NIGERIA @ 59: There is cause for celebration but … — Bewaji, ex-Reps Minority Leader
Dr. Wunmi Bewaji is a former Minority Leader in the House of Representatives. He is also the chairman and Executive Director, CODER. In this interview, he speaks on Nigeria’s 59th independence and declares that there is need for restructuring if the country must forge ahead.
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target=_blank>Gandhi’s ashes stolen, photo defaced on 150th birthday
Thieves stole some of Mahatma Gandhi’s remains on what would have been his 150th birthday, police say.
The ashes were taken from a memorial in central India, where they had been kept since 1948 – the year of Gandhi’s assassination by a Hindu extremist.
The thieves also scrawled “traitor” in green paint across photographs of the independence leader.
Some Hindu hardliners view Gandhi as a traitor for his advocacy of Hindu-Muslim unity.
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target=_blank>Senator Akinfenwa, 90, is dead
By Shina Abubakar
Senator Mojiseoluwa Akinfenwa, a Senator between 1999 to 2003 is dead.
It was gathered that the former Senator representing Osun East Senatorial District died after a protracted illness in Ibadan.
He was a member of the Yoruba socio-political group Afenifere before his demise.
The Erin-Ijesa born politician death was confirmed by Aro of Erin Ijesa, Chief Dare Ajimotokin.
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He was said to be about 90 years before his demise on Thursday.
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target=_blank>Xenophobia: Hope rises for Imo returnees, as gov. Ihedioha moves to resettle them
As part of the state government’s plan to reintegrate and resettle Imo indigenes who recently returned from South Africa, as a result of the latest xenophobic attacks, Imo State Governor, Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha CON has set up an inter-ministerial committee to map out strategies for their resettlement.
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target=_blank>Salary increase: Buhari ready for honest, transparent negotiations — Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinabjo says President Muhammadu Buhari ‘s administration will honestly and transparently resolve labour’s request for a salary increase to another level of workers yet to benefit from the new national minimum wage.
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target=_blank>Between Boko and Political Haram- Borno Conundrum
By Daniel Ochonu
The situation in North-East Nigeria calls for concern from all well-meaning Nigerians. This is given the wanton of destruction that has occasioned the war against Boko Haram terrorism since 2009. In some quarters it has been speculated that there is more to the activities of Boko Haram in North-East Nigeria than meets the eye.
The reasons might not be far-fetched. Some people are behind their nefarious activities, and there is also another grouping that benefits from the crisis to smile to the bank.
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target=_blank>Nigeria needs one senator not ‘three’ per state – Okorocha
The immediate past governor of Imo state, Owele Rochas Okorocha, Thursday queried the constitutional approval of ‘three senators per state’, noting that one senator from each state is enough.
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Former Nigerian Olympic captain, Isaac Promise, dies at 31
Isaac Promise, who captained Nigeria to the 2008 Olympic silver medal and scored 79 goals in 11 professional seasons in Turkey, died late Wednesday after collapsing at his apartment gym in Austin, Texas, authorities said. He was 31.
Bold was playing for the Austin Bold of the USL and the team said Thursday that he died Wednesday night. Police said authorities were called after a report of a deceased person at Isaac’s apartment building but no further details were immediately available.
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