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BREAKING: Fire Guts MOUAU IBB Hostel (Photos+Video)

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Resident male students of Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (IBB) hostel at the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU), are currently scampering for safety, as their hostel is reported to be burning fiercely, ABN TV reports. According to numerous eyewitnesses, the cause of the fire outbreak is yet to be ascertained but the major problem faced was that there were no...

Finance Bill: “Implementation date will be announced soon” – FG

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The Ministry of Finance on Tuesday said that the take-off date for the implementation of the newly signed Finance Law would be announced in due course. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, said this in a statement issued by her Media Adviser, Yunusa Abdullahi. Abdullahi in the statement said that a large sum of money realised...

2020 National Sports Festival: Edo holds state championship, as Obaseki lights up unity torch

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The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki has lit the unity torch for the state’s sporting championships with athletes drawn from the 18 local government areas of the state, ahead of the National Sports Festival (NSF) scheduled for the first quarter of the year. The unity torch was presented to the governor by Vice Chairman, Team Edo, Mrs Anehita Emeya,...

BREAKING: Fire Guts MOUAU IBB Hostel (Photos+Video)

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Resident male students of Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (IBB) hostel at the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU), are currently scampering for safety, as their hostel is reported to be burning fiercely, ABN TV reports. According to numerous eyewitnesses, the cause of the fire outbreak is yet to be ascertained but the major problem faced was that there were no...

Finance Bill: “Implementation date will be announced soon” – FG

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The Ministry of Finance on Tuesday said that the take-off date for the implementation of the newly signed Finance Law would be announced in due course. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, said this in a statement issued by her Media Adviser, Yunusa Abdullahi. Abdullahi in the statement said that a large sum of money realised...

Ikpeazu To Council Chairmen: “Don’t Abandon Your Predecessors Projects”

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Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has directed Transition Council Chairmen not to abandon projects initiated their predecessors in the state. The Governor gave the directive in a statement signed by Chief John Okiyi Kalu, the state Commissioner for Information and made available to ABN TV on Wednesday. Governor Ikpeazu said the council chairmen should rather focus on completing all ongoing...

Edo 2020 election is a done deal for Obaseki – Lawani

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Hon. Damian Lawani, the Edo State Commissioner for Youths, Sports and Special Duties as well as the Convener, Obaseki-Shaibu Movement (OSM) for the state governorship election. He spoke in this interview with TEMIDAYO AKINSUYI on the political developments in the state and the chances of Governor Godwin Obaseki in this year’s governorship election. Excerpts: What is your take on the...

Edo 2020 election is a done deal for Obaseki – Lawani

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Hon. Damian Lawani, the Edo State Commissioner for Youths, Sports and Special Duties as well as the Convener, Obaseki-Shaibu Movement (OSM) for the state governorship election. He spoke in this interview with TEMIDAYO AKINSUYI on the political developments in the state and the chances of Governor Godwin Obaseki in this year’s governorship election. Excerpts: What is your take on the...

Buhari names former DSS boss, Gadzama, as NISS Chairman

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Former Director-General, State Security Service, Afakirya A Gadzama, is now Chairman of the Governing Board of the National Institute for Security Studies (NISS). His new appointment was conveyed in a letter from the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation dated January 2, 2020. According to the letter, the appointment was approved by President Muhammadu Buhari with effect...

Oshiomhole no longer APC national chairman – NWC member

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A member of the National Working Committees (NWC) member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has just told newsmen at the national secretariat of the party that Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, is no longer the national chairman of the party based on a ‘subsisting’ court order. The party chieftain said he was working on a petition to the Director-General of...

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