Politics

A 49-year-old man, Gbenga Olomilua, has urged a Grade C Customary Court sitting at Inanlende, Ibadan, to uphold the divorce request of his wife, Rashidat, alleging that her promiscuity has no bounds. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, Olomilua told the court on Wednesday that his 10-year union with the plaintiff was characterised with cheating, nagging and disrespect. ”I married …

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The African Development Bank and Food and Agricultural Organisation are set to raise $100m for agriculture in a bid to end hunger and malnutrition and create wealth in Nigeria and other African countries. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the AfDB said both organisations would work together in strategic alliance to raise funds to promote food security, sustainable agriculture and …

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A former Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Tuesday, countered President Muhammadu Buhari’s stance on the restructuring of the country, saying there was no alternative to restructuring if Nigeria must make progress. Atiku stated that he remained resolute in his support for the restructuring of the country, positing that there was “too much power” in the hands of the Federal Government, …

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By: Ariwera Ibibo-Howells, Yenagoa Otuasega community, Ogbia local government area of Bayelsa state Saturday elected Architect, Rans Jackson as substantive paramount ruler. Speaking with newsmen shortly before the election, the community electoral committee chairman, Mr Bams Isiki said the Otuasega community  which for years have had an acting Royal father following the extant laws of the community constituted an electoral …

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Stanbic IBTC Capital and Stanbic IBTC Bank, subsidiaries of Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, have partnered with Dangote Cement Plc, Africa’s largest cement producer, to conclude yet another issuance of N50 billion Series 3 and 4 Notes, under the recently established Dangote Cement PLC’s N150 billion CP Programme. Issuance of the Series 3 and 4 Notes closed on Friday 17 August …

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Folake Sokoya The campaign office of former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has debunked the story from a section of the media that the frontline presidential aspirant for the 2019 election has defected from the PDP. A press statement on Sunday describes the report as a malicious attempt to confuse the public about the aspiration of Atiku ahead of …

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Just a week after the Bankers Committee announced its support for the manufacturing and agriculture sector, The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Thursday August 23, 2018 released the guidelines for accessing the Real Sector Support Facility aimed at channelling funds to the sector. The apex bank said in a statement that the maximum facility would be N10 billion per …

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The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), in an official communication on Thursday August 23, 2018, says that its remittances to the federation account has hit N20 billion, representing a massive 567 percent jump in 2017 from N3 billion previously. In a statement signed by Head, Corporate Communications, NIMASA, Mr. Isichei Osamgbi, the Agency said it has become one …

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From Amos Okioma Jones Abiri the Bayelsa publisher of weekly source who wasincarcerated by the department of State Security services   for more than two years yesterday touched Bayelsa state amidst a rousing welcome by his colleagues. Jones Abiri  who was a law student of National Open University before his arrest it would be recalled was whisked away in  a commando …

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Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has commiserated with his Bayelsa State counterpart, Governor Henry Seriake Dickson who lost his mother, Mrs. Gold Coast Dickson. “I share in your difficult moments and encourage you to take solace in the good Christian life your mother lived, which has been attested to by many people who know her,” Obaseki said. Advertisement Dickson is …

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