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Friday, 4 September 2015

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Rooney hopeful of Martial impact at Man Utd
3:04:24 PMTony Chinonso

Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney admitted on Friday that he knows little about new signing Anthony Martial, but backed the French teenager to prove a success at Old Trafford. United sent shock waves across Europe on Tuesday when they bought 19-year-old Martial from Monaco for a reported initial fee of £36 million ($55.1 million, 49 million euros), which it is thought could rise to £58 million.

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NBC, stakeholders collaborate on digitization process
2:00:13 PMTony Chinonso

The Electronic Media Content Owners Association of Nigeria (EMCOAN) has indicated interest to work with Nigeria Broadcasting Commission (NBC) as the regulatory board expressed willingness to partner with her in the actualization of digitization of broadcast industry in Nigeria.

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Bayern Munich's Dutch striker, Robben sidelined for a month
1:05:09 PMTony Chinonso

Bayern Munich's Dutch striker Arjen Robben has been ruled out of action for a month on Friday after picking up a groin injury in the Netherlands' 1-0 Euro 2016 qualifying loss to Iceland.

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Buhari's declaration of assets honourable, says Sonaiya, others
1:02:24 PMadekunle

Prof. Oluremi Sonaiya, the 2015 presidential candidate of the KOWA Party, has described the public declaration of assets by President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yomi Osinbajo as honourable.

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Nigeria to host World Pension Summit in Abuja
1:00:48 PMTony Chinonso

Mrs Chinelo Anohu-Amazu, the Director-General, National Pencom Commission (PenCom), said on Friday that Nigeria was ready to host the second edition of the World Pension Summit-Africa Special in Abuja. Anohu-Amazu said this in Lagos during an interactive session with newsmen on the upcoming event and the launch of a new logo for the commission.

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Why I signed result sheets for 15 wards, witness tells Akwa Ibom guber tribunal
1:00:12 PMjohnabayomi2

Barr Bassey Okon Willie, a witness for the Akwa Ibom governor, Udom Emmanuel and the PDP, told the governorship tribunal sitting in Abuja Friday that he signed all the result sheets for Oron Local Government Area.  Willie said this during his testimony at the continuation of hearing on the matter.

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INEC worried over poor turnout of Continuous Voters' Registration in Bayelsa
12:56:31 PMIkenna Asomba

The Bayelsa State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Baritor Kpagih, has complained about the poor turnout of residents for the ongoing Continuous Voters' Registration (CVR).

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Rector threatens to sack lecturers without additional qualification
12:47:35 PMadekunle

Prof. Godwin Onu, Rector, Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra, on Friday urged lecturers of the institution to strive and obtain their doctoral degrees or be ready to lose their jobs.

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Foreign policy review will address challenges to Nigeria's devt., says FG
12:42:24 PMadekunle

The Federal Government said on Friday that a comprehensive review of Nigeria's foreign policy would help to address corruption, terrorism and other challenges to the nation's development.

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Fayose to Buhari: Sack DSS boss now over invasion of Akwa Ibom Govt House
12:40:47 PMIkenna Asomba

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, has condemned Thursday's alleged invasion of the Akwa Ibom State Government House by armed men of the Department of State Services (DSS), calling for the immediate sack of the Director General of the agency, Alhaji Lawal Daura.

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Thursday, 3 September 2015

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Declared asset: Buhari's Owns 7 houses, N30m .
3:56:00 PMFemi Ajasa

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari have declared their his assets

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Breaking: Buhari, Osinbajo declare assets
3:43:09 PMFemi Ajasa

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari and his Vice, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, have declared their asset.

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"Abobaku" and the Northernisation of a Federal Republic
3:14:34 PMFemi Ajasa

With the anniversary of his 100 days in office almost here, President Muhammadu Buhari is expectedly drawing critical appraisals from different quarters, the most germane being his overt preference for Northerners in positions that most people see as influential.

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Nigeria launches NMIS portal to access 260, 000 public facilities
3:08:40 PMIkenna Asomba

As part of efforts to transit from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Federal Government through the office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on the Millennium Development Goals (OSSAP-MDGs), has introduced Nigeria's First country-wide data portal, the Nigeria Millennium Development Goals Information System (NMIS) for education, health and water.

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Beagle freedom wins Windows 10 UpgradeYourWorld initiative
3:00:28 PMjohnabayomi2

Microsoft Corporation Tuesday announced that the Beagle Freedom Project as the winner of the 10th global nonprofit organization partner for the Upgrade Your World initiative will receive $500,000.

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Having more than 20 partners reduces prostate cancer risk
3:00:19 PMFemi Ajasa

Men with numerous lovers have a lower risk of developing prostate cancer-because they have more sex, scientists say.

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Buhari appoints Ipaye, Akande as DCOS, SSA (Media) VP"s office
2:03:13 PMadekunle

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointments of Mr Rahman Ipaye as Deputy Chief of Staff and Mr Laolu Akande as Senior Special Assistant (Media & Publicity) in the Presidency.

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Lagos pastor wants to destroy my marriage, Emeka Ike cries out
2:00:59 PMjohnabayomi2

Controversial Nollywood actor Emeka Ike, has accused Lagos flamboyant pastor (names withheld), of being behind the crisis in his marriage.

The actor alleged that the pastor has been frustrating his efforts to reconcile with his wife, Susanne, who had instituted a divorce suit against him.

Emeka Ike's statement

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Drop in oil price hits NSE market as capitalisation drops by N164bn
2:00:44 PMTony Chinonso

Trading activities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) for the second consecutive day maintained a downward trend with the market capitalisation losing N164 billion.

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Update: Suicide attack killed 30 in Cameroon
1:53:49 PMadekunle

At least 30 people were killed in two suicide bombings in northern Cameroon Thursday, the latest violence to hit the area since dozens died in attacks in July blamed on the Boko Haram Islamist group.

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Wednesday, 2 September 2015

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We've fulfilled our promises to Kogi - Awoniyi
4:05:48 PMFemi Ajasa

Kogi State Deputy Governor, Arc. Abayomi Awoniyi said the administration of Capt. Idris Ichala Wada has fulfilled it promises to the Kogi State electorate.

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Father arrested for having sex with14yr-old daughter
3:59:45 PMjohnabayomi2

34 years old Mohamed Ahmed was Wednesday, paraded by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps NSCDC Osun State command, Osogbo for allegedly raping his 14 years old daughter.

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Shocker! Enyeama chickens out of Tanzania's match
3:42:40 PMadekunle

Nigeria coach Sunday Oliseh has admitted the late withdrawal of skipper Vincent Enyeama from Saturday's AFCON qualifier in Tanzania has put him "in a tight corner".

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Ifeanyi Ubah: The man, the myth and the essence
3:25:59 PMadekunle

MUCH that has been spewed out about the business man, politician, philanthropist and nationalist, Chief Ifeanyi Patrick Ubah has largely been a case of less sense and more nonsense. Most public commentators have missed the entire forest of information about the man, and have focused fixatedly on the single tree. Often too they misidentified or mis-analyzed that single tree even.

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NNPC to unbundle PPMC into storage, pipelines, product marketing companies
3:11:58 PMadekunle

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Wednesday, stated that it has commenced the? unbundling o?f the Pipelines and Products Marketing Company, PPMC, into three different companies -- a storage, pipelines and products marketing companies.

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Buhari's failure is Nigeria's failure, Igbo group warns
2:59:49 PMFemi Ajasa

The Igbo Delegates Assembly (IDA), a socio-cultural /political group, on Wednesday in Makurdi urged Nigerians to exercise caution in assessing the new administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.

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Photos: Life and times of Billionaire Antonio Oladeinde Fernandez
2:48:21 PMIkenna Asomba

Nigeria's business magnate and one of the richest men in Africa, Chief Antonio Oladeinde Fernandez, died on Tuesday, September 1, in Brussels, Belgium, at the age of 79.

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Pope Francis to allow all Catholic priests to forgive abortion during Holy Year
2:43:30 PMadekunle

Pope Francis says he will give all priests discretion during the Roman Catholic Church's upcoming Holy Year to formally forgive women who have had abortions.

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PDP: We 've perfected the formula for defeating Audu
2:31:42 PMFemi Ajasa

Kogi State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has welcomed the choice of Prince Abubakar Audu as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC for the November 21, 2015 governorship election.

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