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Sunday, 4 September 2016

FORMER BOLA TINUBU BOY BARR AKEREDOLU, WON THE APC GUBER TICKET AHEAD OF ABRAHAM

                   
FORMER BOLA TINUBU BOY BARR AKEREDOLU, WON THE APC GUBER TICKET AHEAD OF ABRAHAM

A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Rotimi Akeredolu has emerged as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the November 26, 2016 governorship election.



Nigerians Will Die Of Hunger, Senator Shehu Sani Warns Buhari

                Nigerians Will Die Of Hunger, Senator Shehu Sani Warns Buhari


The Chairman, Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts, Senator Shehu Sani, has warned the Federal Government to put in place short-term measures to cushion the effect of the current economic crisis on the Nigerian masses or risk the lives of the people before he completes his reforms.



Turkey Helps Syrian Fighters Take Over Villages Held By Islamic State


Turkey Helps Syrian Fighters Take Over Villages Held By Islamic State

Turkey and its rebel allies opened a new line of attack in northern Syria on Saturday, as Turkish tanks rolled across the border and Syrian fighters swept in from the west to take villages held by Islamic State.

The incursion was launched by Turkey from Kilis province - an area frequently targeted by Islamic State rockets - and coincided with a separate push by the Turkish-backed Syrian rebels, who seized several villages further to the east.



Wow Is public Holiday The Sultan of Sokoto Announces Monday, September 12th as Eid el-Kabir Day

                              Wow Is public Holiday The Sultan of Sokoto Announces Monday, September 12th as Eid el-Kabir Day



Nationl Nigerian Navy Upgrades Officers To Strengthen Operations


Nationl Nigerian Navy Upgrades Officers To Strengthen Operations

The Nigerian Navy has upgraded the capacity of some of its senior officers, in order to strengthen its operations across Nigeria



IMPORTED COWS ARRIVED LAGOS YESTERDAY

 IMPORTED COWS ARRIVED LAGOS YESTERDAY

The Nigerian Incentive-Based Risk Sharing for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) says train carrying about 500 cows which left Gusau on Thursday arrived Oko-Oba, Lagos on Saturday hours ahead of schedule.



American Presidential Candidate Doland Trymp Calls For New Civil Rights Agenda In Visit To Black Church


american Presidential candidate doland Trymp calls for new civil rights agenda in visit to black church

 Trump separately met with about 100 community and church leaders, his campaign said, in his latest push to peel away minority voters from Clinton.



INEC accredits 44 observer groups For The Edo Guber.


INEC accredits 44 observer groups For The Edo Guber.

The Independent National Electoral Commission has accredited 44 observer groups for the September 10gubernatorial election in Edo State



Nigeria Lacks Strong Parties In Govt, Opposition‎ – Obasanjo


Nigeria Lacks Strong Parties In Govt, Opposition‎ – Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo yesterday declared that Nigeria needed strong political parties both in government and opposition for the country’s democracy to survive.



Cholera Kills 517 In DR Congo, Jab Drive Planned – WHO

Cholera Kills 517 In DR Congo, Jab Drive Planned – WHO

A cholera epidemic has killed more than 500 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization said, as it prepared to launch a vaccination campaign in Kinshasa.



Trump Spokesperson Apologizes for Exaggerated Credentials


Trump Spokesperson Apologizes for Exaggerated Credentials

A black televangelist who has been a campaign surrogate for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has admitted he “overstated” his accomplishments in a biography posted on his church’s website.



Mosquitoe Kills Man in Malaysia, Malaysia’s first locally Transmitted Zika Case

mosquitoe kills man in Malaysia’s first locally transmitted Zika case


Malaysia reported its first locally transmitted Zika case on Saturday, a 61-year-old man who has died of heart-related complications, the government said.



Saturday, 3 September 2016

Nigeria Risks bigger war Over Northeast malnutrition crisis – Ndume

       

Senate Leader, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume, has warned that improper handling of the malnutrition crisis in the North East is capable of causing a larger war than the one being fought against the Boko Haram insurgents.



Check OUT Edo Guber: NSCDC Deploys 10,000 Personnel, Sniffer Dog


Check OUT Edo Guber: NSCDC Deploys 10,000 Personnel, Sniffer Dog

 

 

 

 

 

Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Abdullahi Muhammadu, has directed the immediate deployment of 10,000 personnel to Edo, ahead of the September 10 governorship election in the state.



Gernot Rohr Begins Cool As Nigeria Beat Tanzania 1-0


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New Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr, began his stint in charge with a win, as Nigeria beat Tanzania 1-0 in their last 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo, Akwa Ibom.