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Clergyman warns that Ndigbo may never produce president because they are traders not politicians

HOUSE of God International Church presiding bishop Reverend Athan Azubuike has warned that Igbos may never produce the president of Nigeria even when they have all it takes to lead the country because they do not appear to be politically astute enough.

 

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Emenalo rejects Newcastle's offer to become club's director of football saying that do not match his ambitions

FORMER Super Eagles defender Michael Emenalo has rejected Newcastle’s offer to become its  new director of football saying that the club's new owners were unable to match his ambitious plans for the business.

 

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Diasporans in the UK launch petition against new laws which place Nigeria on the Covid-19 red list

NIGERIANS in the UK have launched a petition seeking to get the British government to rescind its recent decision to place Nigeria on its red list of nations from which visitors need to quarantine themselves in hotels for nearly two weeks under its Covid-19 guidelines.

 

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Nigerian Public Contract Tendering Bill 2022 Governing All Government Projects

Ayo Akinfe

[1] From henceforth, all public sector contracts must be published online

[2] All contract bids must be made through an online portal

[3] All government, ministries, departments and agencies must have a contract bidding online portal

[4] All bids will be subject to review by a panel made up of civil servants, members of the judiciary and EFCC and ICPC operatives

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Governor Ayade refuses to sign anti-open grazing law saying herdsmen are his brothers

GOVERNOR Ben Ayade of Cross River State has declared that he will not sign an anti-open grazing bill into law like his contemporaries from across southern Nigeria because Fulani cattle herdsmen are welcome in his state.

 

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Nigerian Civic Responsibly Bill 2022 Compelling her Citizens to Play Their Part in Nation Building

Ayo Akinfe

[1] Every Nigerian landlord shall install a solar panel on his/her property to help address the power crisis

[2] Nigerians should only hold parties abroad in exotic locations like Dubai and Seychelles if local facilities such as Obudu Cattle Ranch, Idanre Hills, Tinapa, etc are not available

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Governor Ortom wants herdsmen bodies designated as terrorist groups too like bandits

GOVERNOR Samuel Ortom of Benue State has reiterated his call that the federal government include Fulani herdsmen bodies Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (Macban) and Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore on its list of terrorist organisations.

 

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Malaysia has created a template for developing nations like Nigeria to learn from

Ayo Akinfe

[1] We like to blame colonialism for all our woes but after 50 years as an independent nation, that excuse was no longer tenable. On August 31 1957, Malaya gained independence from Britain. Like Nigeria, she was ruthlessly colonised by the British but had to be let go after World War Two.

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Evangelical clergyman arrested for organising kidnapping of Catholic priest in Imo State

EVANGELICAL clergyman Pastor Izuchukwu Anoloba has been apprehended by the Imo State Police Command for organising the kidnapping of Catholic priest Reverend Father Fidelis Ekemgba.

 

Pastor Anoloba, 35, and several others were paraded by the police as being members of a dangerous syndicate. Rabiu Hussaini, the Imo State police commissioner, said that the suspects held the priest for over seven days and made him to pay a ransom of N5m to them.

 

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