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Students Protest Electricity, Fuel Hike In Osogbo

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Students under the aegis of the National Association of Nigeria Students on Tuesday staged a protest in Osogbo, Osun State capital, against the recent increase in pump price and electricity tariff. Some of the protesters put on the orange #RevolutionNow Movement beret. They took off from Freedom Park, Osogbo, and moved through MDS road to Olaiya Junction, chanting anti-government songs. Detail later…

N20bn Spent On Medical Workers’ Hazard Allowances In 3 Months – Ngige

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The federal government says despite the nation’s lean resources caused by the emergence of COVID-19, N20 billion has been spent on Special Hazard and Inducement Allowances for Medical and Health Workers for April, May and June of 2020. The Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige, said this in a statement on Tuesday while appealing to the National Association of Resident Doctors...

Gov. Ikpeazu Constitutes Boards Of Tertiary Health Institutions In Abia State

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The Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu has approved the constitution of the Board of Abia State College of Health Sciences and Management Technology, Aba. This was announced in a release by the Governor’s Chief of Staff, Barrister Anthony Agbazuere and made available to newsmen, in Umuahia, Tuesday. According to the release, Mr Linus Ogbuokiri, is named the Chairman of College...

Hold Pastor Ibiyeomie Responsible If Anything Happens To Me – Daddy Freeze

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Popular Broadcaster, Ifedayo Olarinde aka Daddy Freeze, has called on the public and the police to hold the founder of Salvation Ministries, Pastor David Ibiyeomie, responsible should any harm comes to him. Daddy Freeze, who is the Convener of the Free the Sheeple Movement and Leader of the Free Nation in Christ, said this in a video while reacting to...

I’ll Make You My Assignment – Charly Boy Attacks Pastor Ibiyeomie

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Maverick entertainer, Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly boy, has reacted to Pastor David Ibiyeomie’s attack on a popular On Air Personality (OAP), Daddy Freeze. Charly Boy took to his official Instagram account on Monday to condemn Ibiyeomie’s threats to kill Freeze. He also warned that If Ibiyeomie has decided to make Freeze a topic, he will make the pastor his...

Killers Of Two Hausa Settlers In Rivers State Not IPOB ― Police

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POLICE in Rivers state have said the irate youths who killed two Hausa settlers in Oyigbo town, Oyigbo Local Government Area, were not members of Indigenous People of Biafran (IPOB) as suspected by eyewitnesses. A spokesman for Northern Community in Rivers, Alhaji Musa Saidu, had alleged that two traders were killed and two others wounded when irate youths suspected to...

Summon Malami To Face Panel – Ibrahim Magu

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The former acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu has called on the Presidential Panel investigating him for fraud and abuse of office to also summon the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami. The suspended Ex-EFCC chair wrote to the Presidential Panel to subpoena Malami. In the letter signed by his lawyer, Wahab Shittu, Magu stated...

It Costs N400,000 To Treat One COVID-19 Patient, Says El-Rufai

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Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has called on northern traditional rulers not to relent in spearheading the campaigns to avoid the spread of coronavirus pandemic in the region, stressing that the cost of treating COVID-19 patients is very expensive.  The governor who made the call on Monday at the executive committee meeting of the traditional rulers chaired by the...

Petrol Price In Nigeria Is One Of The Cheapest In Africa – Lai Mohammed

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The Federal Government on Monday said despite the recent increase in the price of Premium Motor Spirit to N162 per litre, the price of the commodity in Nigeria remained among the cheapest in Africa. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said this at a press conference in Abuja. Mohammed was joined at the briefing by the Minister of Power,...

Those Burning Refuse On Our Asphalted Roads Wicked — Ikpeazu

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Abia State governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has warned those he accused of burning refused on the state's asphalted roads to desist, describing them as wicked. The Governor further said it's unfathomable how people pour refuse into gutters which he said block drainages and erect shanties indiscriminately. In a statement issued on Monday by Chief of Staff to the Governor, Dr. A.C.B...

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