Day: February 2, 2020

Between CAN and Adesina; who is really wrong? By Philip Agbese

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Let me begin with self-introduction. I am a Christian and a communicant of the Roman Catholic sect. In life, change is inevitable. So, at some point in my undergraduate days, my faith dragged me to the Pentecostal ministry on campus. I rose to the rank of an Assistant Pastor with a campus Pentecostal ministry. I have served in similar capacities at home and abroad. I played strong and influencing roles at the University of Ilorin Christian Fellowship Association (UCFA). It was at a time most of the leaders of the…

Wolekanle Presents New Bus to Ogbomoso United

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In his bid to boost the morale of the players of the newly formed Ogbomoso United Football Team,the team’s propietor Hon Akinwole Akinwale has donated a new bus to the team   The team which was formally launched in December 2019 won their first away game against Rehoboth FC Oyo last week At the launching of the club in Ogbomoso ,Akinwole said the Football Club has been duly paid for and approved by the Nation Wide League One governing body with the necessary documents given. Speaking on the bus.…

Delta: Ex-Minister,Gbagi backs Okowa’s Industrialization agenda

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Former Minister of Education (State), and foremost Governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party in the last gubernatorial election in Delta State, Chief Kenneth Gbagi, has thrown his weight behind the industrialization agenda of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa. Gbagi, in a statement issued on Sunday, said the move by the Delta State Government to establish the Kwale Industrial Park along Ughelli-Asaba Expressway would pave the path for the State to be Nigeria’s biggest location for gas and energy-intensive manufacturing such as ceramics, rubber and methanol. The project, which will be sited…

AS PMB SHUN NIGERIANS CALLS OVER INSECURITIES By Abba Dukawa

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This is the relationship between the People of Nigeria and Government as stated in Section 14(2)(b) namely, that: “The security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of government”. In 2015 over 15 millions Nigerians viewed PMB as a liberator of oppressed and depraved Nigerians. A Messiah to the nation’s bedeviling countless socioeconomic and security challenge with expectations that PMB had enough experience in governance. Electorates banked on him but to the utmost surprise of Nigerians expected that he will demonstrate more flexibility in handily country socioeconomic…

How we made money selling children we stole — Suspects

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Operatives of the Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team, IRT, Led by DCP Abba Kyari have smashed a child trafficking syndicate, which specialized in Stealing little children from their homes and selling them to waiting buyers. 12 of the suspects were arrested while so far, six of the abducted children have been recovered by the IRT operatives.   Members of the syndicate operating in several states in the country including the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, were in several groups, one of which involved a couple, Ifeoma Ebony…

EXCLUSIVE: Border Closure: Three dead as cement truck drivers stranded at Nigerian border for months

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At least three persons, believed to be drivers of Dangote Cement and Sokoto Cement trucks, have died, after being stranded for months at Nigeria’s border with Niger Republic following the border closure policy. Nigeria’s borders with neighbouring countries such as Benin and Niger have been partially closed since last August in a step authourities say will safeguard the economy and security. The sealing of border crossings mainly targets widespread and largely unchecked smuggling of goods such as rice, poultry products, fabrics and vegetable oil into the country. In a reverse…