Breaking News! The House of Reps. pass 14 bills, step down oil and gas Act

The House of Representatives pass 14 bills, step down oil and gas Act

The House of Representatives on Thursday passed 14 of the Bills earlier passed by the Senate but stepped down Oil and Gas Export Free Zone Order.

The passage of the bills followed the suspension of Order XII, Rules 80, 81, 82 and 88 of the House in the plenary.

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Jobs At Ericsson Telecommunications

Employing Company: Ericsson Telecommunications
Ericsson is a world-leading provider of telecommunications equipment & services to mobile & fixed network operators. Over 1,000 networks in more than 180 countries use Ericsson equipment, & more than 40 percent of the world's mobile traffic passes through Ericsson networks.

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Nigerian Military strike - Amnesty International Report Is A Blackmail

The Nigerian military says the claims of military involvement in extra-judicial killings by an international human rights group, Amnesty International, is a continuation of blackmail against the military hierarchy.

The group had asked the new President, Muhammadu Buhari, to investigate Senior Military officials for complicity in the extra judicial killing of over 8,000 people in the north-east.

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Dangote Cement expands to Ethiopia with $500 million plant

Dangote Cement expands to Ethiopia with $500 million plant

News Ethiopia, – Nigeria’s Dangote on Thursday opened a $500 million cement plant in Ethiopia, one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies where a construction boom has fuelled a shortage of cement.

Dangote Cement, owned by Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote, is seeking to expand its interests and develop cement plants across Africa to reach annual production of 62 million tonnes by 2017, up from 42 million last year.

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Bill Gates’ to spend $776 million tackling hunger in Nigeria

Bill and Melinda Gates

Bill Gates’ to spend $776 million tackling hunger in Nigeria 

Melinda Gates announced on Thursday that her and husband Bill’s foundation will spend $776 million tackling hunger in Nigeria and four other countries over the next six years, doubling existing commitments.

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Nigeria has the world’s highest paid lawmakers and Buhari wants to slash their pay

Nigerian legislators, among the world’s top paid, receive annual salaries of between $150,000 to $190,000 per annum depending on exchange rates. At current exchange rates Nigerian lawmakers, would earn around $160,000 more than British MPs who make around $105,000 according to data from The Economist. In fact, until plunging oil prices started putting pressure on the Nigerian naira earlier this year, the Nigerian lawmakers were the second highest paid lawmakers in the world.

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Nigerian military responsible for death of 8,000 – Amnesty

More than 8,000 people have died while being held prisoner by Nigeria’s armed forces in the campaign against Islamist group Boko Haram, many of them deliberately killed, Amnesty International said on Wednesday.

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GOOD START! Governor Obiano Bans Heavy Duty Truck From Driving On State Roads

Anambra State Government is to ban Heavy duty trucks from plying state roads in a renewed drive to secure the lives of the citizenry and check the massive damage they cause on the roads.

Governor Willie Obiano made this known after visiting victims of yesterday’s fire accident resulting from break failure by a tanker carrying Automobile Gas oil, AGO at Asaba Park, Upper Iweka, Onitsha.

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Senate Presidency: Saraki Camp Accuse APC Leadership Of Interference

Tension is brewing within the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the senators loyal to one of the contenders of the senate seat, Senator Bukola Saraki, has accused the National Working Committee of the party of bias.

The senators under the name “Like Minds Senators” , have advised the NWC against  undue interference in the affairs of the senate.

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Rivers State Bans Consumption Of Ogogoro (Local Gin)

Following the mysterious deaths of about 22 people in Bonny Island, Bonny, and Woji in Obio Akpor local government areas, the Rivers state governments had banned the consumption of local gin popularly called ogogoro or kai-kai.

According to PM news, the Director of the Department of Disease Control in the state, Dr. Roland Obed Whyte said the ban was for the good of the locals who regularly take ogogoro.

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Tensions In Ruling Party As APC Postpones Decision On Senate President Again

Tensions deepen in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as party decides to shift the meeting scheduled to decide on a single candidate for the position of Senate President.

The gathering planned for June 4, Thursday, between members of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) and the party’s newly elected lawmakers was postponed till June 6, Saturday.

It should be noted that in a meeting a day ago with members of the party’s NWC, President Muhammadu Buhari had gestured his favorit for senator Ahmed Lawan.

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Former Niger state Governor Dragged To Court, N100m Demanded For Compensation

About 50 Niger state civil servants have dragged the immediate past governor of the state, Babangida Aliyu, before a Minna high court.

The civil servants are accusing Aliyu of unlawfully seizing their motorcycles and are demanding N100m as compensation for general damages, Punch reports.
Former Governor Aliyu Dragged To Court

According to the civil servants, the governor violated their fundamental human rights by seizing and selling their motorcycles.

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CAC Pastor Counsels Buhari, New Governors

Pastor Abraham Olukunle Akinosun, the president of Christ Apostolic Church worldwide, has assured President Muhammadu Buhari and the new governors that the church would continue to pray for their success.

This was disclosed in a statement by Pastor Ademisoye Alawode, the church’s director of publicity, in Ibadan on June 3, Wednesday, The Nation reports.

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Vacancy - Senior Process Auditor Needed At MTN Nigeria

Employing Company: MTN Nigeria

MTN Nigeria is part of the MTN Group, Africa’s leading cellular telecommunications company.

On May 16, 2001, MTN became the first GSM network to make a call following the globally lauded Nigerian GSM auction conducted by the Nigerian Communications Commission earlier in the year.

Thereafter the company launched full commercial operations beginning with Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt.

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RED ALART!! Court Remands Six CBN Officials, Others Over N8bn Currency Scam

Justice Ayo Emmanuel of a Federal High Court, Ibadan, on Tuesday remanded six officials of the Central Bank of Nigeria arraigned for stealing and circulating mutilated Naira notes meant for destruction by the apex bank.

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Read What Buhari Tells People Of Niger Delta

President Muhammadu Buhari has advised the people of Niger Delta to embrace peace in order to allow his administration effect positive changes and massive development in the area.

The President, represented by Mr. Ikechukwu Emenike, stated this on Tuesday in Abuja during a conference entitled: ‘President Muhammadu Buhari and the Niger Delta struggle for development’.

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Senate Presidency, Speaker: Read What APC Leaders Are Planning To Do

The All Progressives Congress (APC) is making moves to resolve the rift caused by the tussle over leadership of the upper and lower chambers of the National Assembly.

In a statement in Abuja on Tuesday by the APC National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party explained that it would meet with the federal lawmakers on Thursday.

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7 Prominent Nigerians That Will Influence Buhari’s Administration — ‘See’ Their Names And Relationship With President Buhari

As General Muhammadu Buhari is sworn in as the nation’s president today, behind the facade of his tough mien are Nigerians (not politicians) he respects and could influence him in the direction of good governance.

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Jobs Vacancies - Submit Your CV's At British Council

Employer: British Council

The Company
The British Council is a British organisation specialising in international educational and cultural opportunities. 

It is registered as a charity both in England and Wales and Scotland..Project Manager at British Council Nigeria

British Council Nigeria is recruiting to fill the below position:

• Job Title: Project Manager
• Location: Port Harcourt
• Department/Country: Programmes/Nigeria
• Pay Band: 6

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Sheriff surrenders to EFCC over alleged N300bn fraud

Barely a week after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, threatened to declare him wanted over alleged laundering of over N300 billion during his tenure, the former Borno State Governor, Ali Modu Sheriff, last night voluntarily surrendered to the agency for interrogation.

The former governor walked into the hands of his interrogators at the commission’s head office in Abuja at 6pm and was immediately taken in.

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14 killed, injured 19 in another Maiduguri blast

Barely 24 hours after a suicide bomb attack at Maiduguri abattoir that claimed 25 lives, another Improvised Explosive Device (IED) exploded yesterday at a market on Baga road, Maiduguri killing 14 people while 19 others were injured.

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Jobs Vacancies At Bolingo Hotel and Towers

Employer: Bolingo Hotel and Towers

The Company
Bolingo Hotel and Towers - A beautiful city in Nigeria with illustrious sights and a rich blend of culture and cosmopolitan glamour. If this is what you seek, then come stay at the Bolingo Hotel and Towers, located in the thriving business district.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Business Development Officer

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25-yr-old man sets self, house ablaze

Tragedy struck, yesterday, at 12 Bonny Street, Umuahia, Abia State, as a 25 year-old man set himself and the family house ablaze.

The man, Tochukwu Ogbonna, alias Mbe (meaning tortoise), had attacked his mother with a machete, inflicting severe injuries on her.

The woman is said to be lying critically ill at the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia.

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N8BN Fraud: CBN staff own posh cars, petrol stations, palatial buildings, court told

The court trial of some Ibadan based bankers indicted over the theft of N8 billion worth of mutilated banknotes was yesterday told of the stupendous wealth of the suspects. 

The suspects, including a self-acclaimed illiterate bank staff were alleged to have acquired petrol stations, shopping malls in Nigeria and abroad, exotic cars, supermarkets, among others.

Mr. Ayodeji Alase, one of the suspects and a holder of primary six certificate, was alleged to have acquired property including a duplex at Oluyole, a shopping complex, warehouse at Podo, Challenge and a fenced plot at Dugbe in Ibadan.

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Lagos tanker fire blamed on LASTMA as victims count losses

Eyewitnesses of the fire disaster in Iyana-Ipaja area of Lagos State sparked by a petrol tanker have blamed officials of the Lagos State Transport Management Authority, LASTMA, for causing the accident.
 

The LASTMA officials were alleged to have pursued the tanker until it fell off the bridge at Iyana-Ipaja upon which it caused the inferno that injured 14 persons, razed 34 buildings, 44 shops and 21 vehicles.

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I renew my pledge to crush Boko Haram – Buhari

I renew my pledge to crush Boko Haram – Buhari

ABUJA — President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, in Niger Republic renewed his vow to crush the Boko Haram Islamic sect, saying “five years of the presence of this evil sect is enough.”

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Post for Senate: Tension as APC picks candidate

Senator Bokola Saraki and Ahmad Lawan

Post for Senate: Tension as APC picks candidate

ABUJA — THE criteria recently announced by the National Working Committee, NWC, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on how the Senate President in the 8th Senate will emerge is generating ripples among senators.

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SHOCKING! Bomb kills two, injures 33 in Maiduguri

SHOCKING! Bomb kills two, injures 33 in Maiduguri

IN MAIDUGURI, bomb hidden in a pile of scrap metal beside a busy road has killed two people and injured 33 others in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, military and hospital sources said on Wednesday.

The explosion, at around 1630 GMT, struck around 600 metres from army barracks and it follows a spate of bombings in the city by militant Islamist group Boko Haram that has killed around 80 people in the last few days.

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