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Month: March 2018

Reflection on the significance of Easter
March 30, 2018
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  By Ibe Uwaleke Folks, I have always thought about the injunction “Love thy neighbour as yourself”, by our Lord Christ. The conclusion I have drawn from this age-long injunction is that my neighbour is the next person to me existing alongside with me. He could be my child, wife, parent, sibling, acquaintance, friend, co-worker, co-tenant, a member of my community or association, somebody I have not met or will eventually meet, whether he is coloured or black like…

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Copyright infringement: Court awards N10m damages on Wema Bank Plc
March 29, 2018
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Wema Bank PLC office complex  A Federal High Court in Lagos has awarded the sum of N10million in  damages, against Wema Bank Plc, in a suit by an American-based Nigerian model, Nneoma Anosike, over infringement of her intellectual property. The plaintiff, who is a 2014 brand Ambassador of Pepsi Cola Nigeria, had  sued through her father, Mr Frank Anosike, as lawful attorney, claiming N75 million against the bank, as general damages for passing off her services. She is also…

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PDP, APC and Third Force
March 29, 2018
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Mr. Femi Kusa By Femi John Kusa THE political behaviour which may govern next year’s General Elections is taking better shape. The PDP has apologised for gross misdeeds of 16 years in power which have left Nigeria this prostate. At the same time, President Mohammadu Buhari admitted Nigeria has been turbulent under his leadership in the past three years. By its apology, which is rare in Nigeria, the PDP is seeking forgiveness for those misdeeds and another chance to…

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2019: Nigerian youths form Modern Democratic Party
March 28, 2018
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Nigerian youths have formed a political party, Modern Democratic Party (MDP), to enable them play active role in the upcoming elections in 2019 and beyond. The formation of the party came at a time that when ‘Not Too Young To Run’ Bill is still pending for the assent of President Muhammadu Buhari. The registration of the political party is a strategy to enable the youths in Nigeria to position themselves for political leadership. The new party, led by 27-year…

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EFCC says it recovered N2.4b, $115,000 from ex-CAS, Amosu
March 27, 2018
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Ex-Chief of Air Staff, Adesola Amosu An investigation officer with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Rosin Owobo on Tuesday told a Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos  how the anti graft agency recovered N2.4 billion and $115,000 from former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu. Owobo, who told Justice Mohammed Idris that Amosu returned the N2.4b via bank drafts at the agency’s Lagos and Abuja offices also stated that his team recovered $115,000 in one of…

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Dapchi schoolgirls: Release Leah Sharibu now, PFN tells Govt
March 27, 2018
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The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), has charged the federal government to use all its might to effect the release of the last Dapchi school girl still being held, Miss Leah Sharibu from the captivity of the Boko Haram terrorists. PFN in a press statement endorsed in Benin City by its National President, Rev. Dr. Felix Omobude, said the federal government must act quickly to free the only remaining Dapchi School girl unhurt. The Boko Haram terrorists last week…

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Man abandons wife for giving birth to triplet‎
March 27, 2018
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Mrs. Ugoma Edobor with her tripletA 44-year-old man, Mr. Paul Edobor has allegedly abandoned his wife of 12 years, Mrs. Ugoma Edobor  for giving birth to a triplet in Uromi, Esan North East Local Government Area of Edo State . Speaking in Benin City, Mrs. Edobor who paraded the three babies before newsmen said her husband, a bike operator, having learnt that she had been delivered of a triplet (all females), refused to show up at home let alone…

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Ex-Niger Delta militants learn fish farming in Edo
March 27, 2018
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The Ex-Militants under the Presidential Amnesty Programme have been urged to undergo  various training in the scheme to have simple talent or passion for business with a view to earning a livelihood. Facilitators at the Amnesty Empowerment Programme, Arc (Mrs) Patricia Danyil and Managing Director, Nolia Consult Limited, Charles Odemwingie Aibangbee both urged the participants undergoing training on fish farming to explore and develop their potentials to earn a livelihood. “The truth remains that one will do better if…

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Man, 25, bags three years jail term for vandalizing electricity installation
March 26, 2018
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   A Federal High Court, Owerri, Imo State, presided over by Justice Allagoa has sentenced a 25 year old Chidiebere Duru to three years imprisonment for unlawfully tampering with a 200KVA transformer belonging to the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company(EEDC). An indigene of Umuafai Village, Dikenafai, Ideato South Local Government Area of Imo State was convicted by the court after he was found guilty of vandalizing a transformer located at Umuejim Nnenato, Dikenafai, Ideato South LGA, an act contrary to…

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2019: Soyinka, Agbakoba, labour leaders endorse grand national coalition
March 26, 2018
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Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka; Mr. Ayuba Waba, President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Dr. Abduljalil Tafawa Balewa, son of former Prime Minister, the late Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, among others have endorsed the Grand National Coalition (GNC) of the National Intervention Movement (NIM). This was disclosed in a communique issued at the end of a meeting of 35 registered political parties, labour, women, youth and civil society groups as well as coalition of persons with special…

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