New UK high commissioner Sarafa Ishola promises to end long passport issuance delays

NIGERIA'S new high commissioner to the UK Chief Sarafadeen Ishola has promised to introduce a new regime at the London mission that will end the current difficulties diasporans face whenever they want to renew or acquire new passports.

 

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Rohr calls up two debutants and sticks to Ahmed Musa as he names provisional squad for Cameroon friendly

SUPER Eagles head coach Gernot has called up 31 players including debutants Abraham Marcus and Terem Moffi for Nigeria's forthcoming friendly match against Cameroon taking place in Austria on June 4.

 

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Senator Ndume faults Southern Governors Forum for demanding an end to open grazing

CHAIRMAN of the senate committee on the army Senator Ali Ndume has faulted the Southern Governors Forum for banning open grazing across Nigeria's southern states calling it a blanket statement.

 

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Buhari expected to fly to Paris for another meeting with his medical doctors over the coming week

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari is expected to seek fresh medical attention abroad over the coming week as he is reported to have an appointment with his medical doctors in the French capital Paris.

 

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Nigerian government to prosecute up to 400 people believed to be Boko Haram's financiers

NIGERIA'S federal government has announced that it will soon begin the prosecution of 400 suspected Boko Haram financiers who have been bankrolling the terrorist sect's insurgency that has been ravaging the northeast of the country.

 

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Senate president Ahmad Lawan objects to Southern Governors Forum calling for restructuring

SENATE president Senator Ahmad Lawan has objected to the recent call by the Southern Governors Forum for a restructuring of the Nigerian federation saying that they should implement such measures in their states first.

 

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Buhari's son-on-law declared wanted by ICPC over $65m corruption case at Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari's son-in-law Gimba Yau Kumo has been declared wanted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) over a corruption case involving the sum of $65m.

 

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We now expect the Northern State Governors Forum to hold their own summit and come out with a communique that looks like this

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[1] We wholeheartedly endorse the call by our southern counterparts calling for a restructured Nigeria run according to the dictates of the 1963 constitution whereby the federating units control all the resources within their domains 

[2] We are in 100% support of an immediate federal ban on open grazing 

[3] We shall open six mega cattle ranches in Borno, Yobe, Kaduna, Niger, Taraba and Bauchi states 

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Veteran Yoruba campaigner Prof Akintoye faults southern governors for not discussing self-determination

VETERAN Yoruba cultural campaigner Professor Adebanji Akintoye has faulted the recent declaration by the Southern Governors Forum calling for a national conference on restructuring saying what is needed is a gathering to debate self-determination.

 

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