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Nigeria Senate Reject Bill On Gender Equality in Marriage

The�Nigeria senate on March 15th, voted against the Gender Equality in Marriage bill which was being sponsored by Senator Biodun Olujimi. The bill amongst other things was designed to address women’s freedom of movement, female economic activity, girls’ access to education, equal rights for women in marriage, divorce, property/land ownership ...

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Blackout : Electricity Generation sinks to 1,580MW

As a result of the highly vandalized power� supply in nigeria, the maximum power generation dropped to 1,580.6 megawatts on Wednesday. Data from the Nigeria Electricity System Operator as well as information from senior officials of the different electricity distribution companies confirmed that power generation plummeted massively on Tuesday and ...

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NNPC Restructuring : Workers stop fuel supply, shut NNPC headquarters

The nationwide scarcity of petrol worsened on Wednesday as oil workers embarked on a full-scale industrial action, which led to the shutdown of the corporate headquarters of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation in Abuja as well product depots, mega filling stations and other critical facilities. The workers, under the aegis ...

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Does Nigeria have what it takes to be a Leader Nation in the Global Future?

Philip Asuquo

Before you get to answer that question, we’ll have to understand what a leading nation actually is. Around 2050, there are aspersions that portend that the world will literately run out of space and one of the greatest concerns for humanity would be where to find a space for himself ...

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Ghana Moves To Ban Export Goods From Nigeria And Other Countries

Ghana has prohibited some items from entry into its domain, following Nigeria’s foot steps that restricted 41 items from access to foreign exchange. Ghana however has placed a ban on some goods from being imported into the country. Ghanaian Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah stated yesterday that ...

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Karrueche Tran visits orphanage after hosting pool party in Abuja | Photos

Karrueche , who is visiting Nigeria for the first time, didn’t limit her visit to just hosting the pool party organized by club, Play. The pretty model took out time to visit the Hope for Survival Orphanage in Abuja and shared some of the pictures she took with the children ...

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Photos/Videos as Karrueche Tran arrives Nigeria

Chris Brown’s ex, Karrueche Tran arrived Nigeria last night to host Play club’s pool party in Abuja. She is surrounded by bodyguards in this photo she posted on her page which she captioned: ‘Big Boys’. ; "BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE "👭👬👫🎶She feeling that song! 😂#Karrueche #ChrisBrown #Chrae @karrueche @chrisbrownofficial A video posted ...

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Nigerians Blast SA Rapper, AKA Over His Post About Black Market Fuel In Lagos

South African rapper, AKA came under fire from his Nigerian fans after he posted a photo of himself purchasing black market fuel in Lagos with a caption that didn’t go well with them. AKA who arrived Nigeria recently for an event was blasted by angry Nigerians on Instagram after he ...

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Daniella Okeke’s strong worded message to Nigerians praying for Paris

Nollywood actress Daniella Okeke wrote a strong worded message about Nigerians showing solidarity over Paris attacks but not for daily attacks by Boko Haram…… How many times have you offered prayers for Nigeria, shown support for the country in this trying times or changed your dp to the Green and ...

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Golden Eaglets win FIFA u-17 World cup again

Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets have won the 2015 U17 World championship. They beat Mali 2-0 at the finals which was played in Chile in the early hours of Monday morning. The Cup triumph means that the Nigerians have successfully defended the title they won two years ago in the UAE. Congrats ...

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Telecommunications Company, MTN Loses 5 Million Subscribers In Nigeria

South Africa based Telecommunications company, MTN Group, formerly M-Cell which has grown to be a dominant force in Nigeria has just announced that more than five million Nigerian subscribers have stopped using their MTN lines. The company recently publicly declared a very low increase in subscriber growth and they blamed ...

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Nigerian Arrested In Australia With $10m Worth of Hard Drug Hidden In Gold Fish Statues

A citizen of Nigeria, has just been arrested in Australia with ten million U.S Dollars worth of hard drug concealed in gold fish statue. Border officials in Sydney, Australia found about ten kilograms of the hard and very addictive substance in one of three gold fish statues headed to a ...

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Confirmed List: Buhari’s 21 Ministerial Nominees Revealed

SaharaReporters can authoritatively reveal the 21-member President Muhammadu Buhari’s ministerial nominees submitted to the National Assembly yesterday as follows: Ministers nominated by President Muhammadu Buhari 1.Dr. Chris Ngige (Anambra) 2. Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti) 3. Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers) 4. Babatunde Fashola (Lagos) 5. Abdurrahman Dambazau (rtd) (Kano) 6. Aisha AlHassan (Taraba) ...

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54 Illegal Universities Operating In Nigeria

National Universities Commission ,NUC, Tuesday, said there are no 54 illegal universities operating in Nigeria. Briefing journalists in Abuja, on an alleged existence of illegal universities in Nigeria,the Director Information and Public Relations, Ibrahim Yakassai said the Commission had earlier discovered over 50 unlicensed Universities operating in different parts of ...

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Nigerians Let Me Be – Stephen Keshi

Sacked Super Eagles Coach, Stephen Keshi warned Nigerians to leave him alone so as to spend quality time with his family in the United States. According to Vanguard, Keshi said: �Please, I want Nigerians to leave me alone and allow me spend time with my family. The only thing on ...

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Five Nigerian students detained in Malaysia over alleged N125.2m Internet fraud

A Malaysian court has ordered the detention of five Nigerian students in Malysia for their alleged involvement in a N125.2m (RM2.4 million) internet fraud in Selangor & Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. According to local media reports, the 5 Nigerian students who are between the ages of 20 and 30 are undergraduates ...

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Nigeria Military’s Control Centre Has Now Reportedly Moved To Maiduguri

According to BBC, the Nigerian Army’s spokesperson Colonel Sani Usman says the Nigerian military’s command center has now been relocated to Borno state as directed by President Buhari in his inaugural speech. �The team has already commenced work in earnest,” Col Usman said in a statement released today. The statement ...

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See The States Not Owing Civil Servants

According to PUNCH, the Nigerian states listed below are not owing their workers. Adamawa Anambra Bayelsa Borno Delta Edo FCT Gombe Kaduna Kwara Lagos Nasarawa Niger Sokoto Taraba

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Ketchup In Romantic Affair With Ex-BBA Model

Ketchup and Mirah Miguel

Prominent dancehall artiste in Nigeria Ketchup is in South Africa and pictures of him acting all cosy and hanging out with ex Big Brother Africa contestant Mirah Miguel. The model shared a selfie of her Ketchup on her Instagram account. Four days later she shared another selfie of her with ...

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These four Nigerians contested for a seat in the UK Parliament and they won

Three of them contested on the platform of Labor party while one contested on the platform of the Tories flag. We have got their details below: Chuka Umunna: No stranger to the UK Parliament, Umunna has served as a Member of Parliament for Streatham under the Labour Party since 2010. ...

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