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“My 15-year-old daughter is in marlians cult & does not wear pant to school” – Mom cries out

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A Facebook user, Adebiyi Gabriel Olajide-Mackson, shared this story that highlights the influence of Naira Marley and his Marlian gang on the daughter. Read below: Another deadly virus in the society, being a Marlian!!! Did Naira Marley initiate anyone into a cult? I am just coming from my daughters school right now. Their principal called me around 9am this morning to report to...

You can’t have Biafra & Presidency at the same time, ACF spokesman warn Igbo

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Anthony Sani, secretary-general of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), says the Igbo community cannot pursue their agitation for Biafra and presidency at the same time. Sani said this while reacting to an article on the advice of Isa Funtua, an associate of President Muhammadu Buhari, gave to the south-east on its aspiration for the number one seat in the land. Funtua had...

Obaseki plunges Edo into foreign debt with no result to show, DMO reports says

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A report from Nigeria’s Debt Management Office (DMO) has shown that Edo State sunk into scary levels of foreign debt under the administration of Governor Godwin Obaseki. According to the data, Edo State has a foreign debt profile of $276.25m representing 6.53 per cent of the sub-national foreign debt portfolio, a figure second only to Lagos State. In spite of this...

Customs exceeds target by N404bn, generates N1.3tr in 2019

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The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it generated N1.341 trillion as revenue for the year 2019, exceeding the target of N937 billion by N404bn revenue. The 2019 revenue generation milestone also exceeded the N1.202tr generated in 2018 by N139.2bn, Customs said in a statement issued by the Public Relations Officer, Deputy Comptroller Joseph Attah. Commenting on the feat, the Comptroller-General of...

2023: Yarima Declares Interest To Contest For Presidency

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A former governor of Zamfara State, Senator Ahmad Sani Yarima has declared interest to contest for the presidency come 2023. Yarima, an All Progressives Party (APC) member disclosed this yesterday in Bauchi while speaking with newsmen shortly after he paid a condolence visit to a famous Islamic scholar, Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi over the death of his wife. He said that...

Nigerians to get 18-hour electricity supply soon – Sale Mamman, Minister of Power

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The Minister of Power, Engr. Sale Mamman has assured Nigerians of 18-hour electricity supply daily once the country hits 7,000 megawatts power generation and distribution. Mamman stated that the country would hit 7,000MW power generation target by the end of 2020. However, he explained that sufficient electricity for everyone could be elusive until the nation hits 11,000MW power distribution. “On the part of...

“My 15-year-old daughter is in marlians cult & does not wear pant to school” – Mom cries out

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A Facebook user, Adebiyi Gabriel Olajide-Mackson, shared this story that highlights the influence of Naira Marley and his Marlian gang on the daughter. Read below: Another deadly virus in the society, being a Marlian!!! Did Naira Marley initiate anyone into a cult? I am just coming from my daughters school right now. Their principal called me around 9am this morning to report to...

Obaseki plunges Edo into foreign debt with no result to show, DMO reports says

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A report from Nigeria’s Debt Management Office (DMO) has shown that Edo State sunk into scary levels of foreign debt under the administration of Governor Godwin Obaseki. According to the data, Edo State has a foreign debt profile of $276.25m representing 6.53 per cent of the sub-national foreign debt portfolio, a figure second only to Lagos State. In spite of this...

2023: Yarima Declares Interest To Contest For Presidency

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A former governor of Zamfara State, Senator Ahmad Sani Yarima has declared interest to contest for the presidency come 2023. Yarima, an All Progressives Party (APC) member disclosed this yesterday in Bauchi while speaking with newsmen shortly after he paid a condolence visit to a famous Islamic scholar, Sheikh Dahiru Usman Bauchi over the death of his wife. He said that...

31 injured in Lagos-Ibadan expressway accident – FRSC

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No fewer than 31 persons including children sustained various degrees of injury in an accident involving a luxury bus around Mowe on Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Saturday. Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps in Ogun, Mr Clement Oladele, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abeokuta on Sunday. Oladele explained that the accident occurred around 4:38 p.m. and was caused by...

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