Nigeria news today headlines : Sunday 1st December 2019
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Oshiomhole’s Fate Hangs As Buhari’s Indifference Strengthens APC Govs
President Muhammadu Buhari’s apathy towards the challenges being faced the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, is giving the Comrade leader goose pimples and sleepless nights. Sunday Independent gathered that efforts at resolving the festering crisis of confidence between majority governors of the ruling APC and Oshiomhole appear to have hit
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Kogi Rerun: Thugs Arrested With Ak 47, Bullets In Kabba
Gunmen suspected to be loyal to a political party were arrested on Saturday during the Kogi West Senatorial election rerun at Maternity Polling Unit, Okekoko Ward, Kabba/ Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State. The thugs were arrested after they had prevented voters in the area from performing their civic duties. It was gathered that
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Nigerian Army Rescues Medical Team, 17 Others In Yobe
The Nigerian Army says it has rescued 20 people, including a medical team from the Boko Haram terrorists after a fierce battle in Yobe State. The Nigerian Army Operations Media Coordinator, Col. Aminu Iliyasu, in a statement on Saturday said the operation took place at Babban Gida in Tarmuwa local government area on November 27.
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Anger As Thugs Stone LASTMA Official To Death
There was anger in the Apapa area of Lagos on Saturday as an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Ola Oyeshina, was killed in the vicinity. The agency’s General Manager, Mr. Olajide Oduyoye, who confirmed the barbaric incident decried the attack Oyeshina suffered. According to a statement by LASTMA’s spokesman, Mr. Olumide
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Owerri Stands Still For Ahiajoku Festival
CHRISTIAN NWOKOCHA; ANOLU VINCENT OWERRI – Owerri, the Imo State capital, on Saturday played host to numerous distinguished Nigerians who besieged the city for the 2019 Ahiajoku festival. They include the Obi Onitsha, Igwe Alfred Nnaemeka Achebe, Commdore Ebitu Ukiwe (rtd), ex-governors Achike Udenwa and Peter Obi, former FRSC Corps Marshal Osita Chidoka, King Jaja
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Buhari And The Yoke Of Tenure Elongation
LAGOS – It all started with a group under the aegis of “Movement for the Approval of BUHARI Third Term”, demanding a constitutional amendment to allow President Muhammadu Buhari continue in office beyond 2023. When this group surfaced in the social media, many took its mission and vision with a pinch of salt because of
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Ekpenyong Versus Akpabio: Postponement Of Defeat, Victory Day
LAGOS – What really does Godswill Akpabio want, being a minister or a senator? Would he resign from the post of Minister of Niger Delta Affairs to contest for Akwa Ibom North West (Ikot Ekpene) senatorial seat, which has been declared vacant by Court of Appeal? What are his chances of winning with deficit of
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Brewing Discord Between Presidency, NASS And NDDC
ASABA – Senator Godiya Akwashiki, Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, apparently stirred the hornet’s nest on Thursday, when she said the Senate would not have anything to do with the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Caretaker Committee because it was not a legal entity. While briefing newsmen in Abuja, Akwashiki said the
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When The God Of Thunder Struck In Osun
OSOGBO – Though, it was generally regarded as a natural occurrence, but the attendant effect on the Fulani Community living in Gaa Eleesun, Apala Farm in Iba, a sleeping town in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Osun State, killing 19 cows and two sheep leaves no one in doubt that something grievous had occurred in
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Ufot Ekaette – A Long Public Servant
ERIC TENIOLA Till his demise in Abuja on September 25, Chief Ufot Joseph Ekaette, CFR (1939-2019), achieved many firsts in his life time. He was the longest serving Principal Secretary to former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, GCFR (8 years), a post equivalent to Chief of Staff (CoS) in the current dispensation. He was
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