Wike Bans End SARS Protests in Rivers State. Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has banned End SARS protest in the State. Port Harcourt was meant to have its turn of the #EndSARS protest, today, Tuesday, October 13, 2020. But Wike in a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Communications in the State said…
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NNPC to Flood Service Stations With Gas By December, Says Kyari. As the Federal Government de-emphasises use of petrol to power automobiles, the Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr Mele Kyari, on Monday assured that all its service stations nationwide will be flooded with compressed natural gas in December, for easier…
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We’ll Push Till You Clinch WTO DG Seat, Buhari Assures Okonjo-Iweala. President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, assured former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, that Nigeria would explore every opportunity to seeing her emerge as next Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The Nigerian is one of two candidates contesting for the topmost job…
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Nigeria Records 164 More COVID-19 Cases In 14 States. Nigeria has recorded 164 more COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, and that’s according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). In its latest update on Monday night, NCDC said the new cases were recorded in Lagos, the FCT and 13 other states…
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Police, Lagos Government Give Account of How #EndSARS Protest Violently Leads to Death of a Police Inspector Killed, One Bystander and Critically Injures Two Officers. The #EndSARS protest Monday turned violent in part of Lagos State as the demonstration consumed the life of a police inspector and a bystander, leaving two other officers critically Injured.…
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#EndSARS Indeed. Pardon my sanctimonious glares. While you lend your voice to #EndSARS, consider, we are all a mess in this country. Some just have uniforms and arms to ply, The trade of impunity that is our trade-in stocks. How about individual reform? How about institutional reform? How about we dissolve this lopsided political…
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BREAKING: Buhari Reacts To Public Outcry, Promises ‘Extensive Reform’ Of Nigeria Police. President Muhammadu Buhari has reacted to the outcry on the reform of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) promising to extensively reform the Force. The President declared that the disbanding of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) is the first step to extensive police…
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The Vaccine Trade Still Has Room to Run, UBS says. Here’s How to Play It. U.S. stocks are once again set to move cautiously higher at the start of the week despite a lack of progress over a new stimulus package. U.S. stock futures ES00, 0.47% NQ00, 1.44% pointed higher, despite a new $1.8…
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Minister, Monarch Rescued As Hoodlums Vandalise Palace In Ogbomosho. THE Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, and the Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Oladunni Oyewumi, narrowly escaped death in the hands of some hoodlums that invaded the palace to disrupt a stakeholders meeting on Sunday evening. Three individuals have been purportedly killed during…
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FEDERAL AFFAIR “I didn’t believe your story when you said you were meeting Mrs. Wembley. You never wear a dress to a business affair. I don’t care how upscale the restaurant is,” he explained, becoming more angered by the second. “I wanted to see for myself if you were lying to me because it sure…
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