Abuja high court issues arrest warrant for Briton Adam Quinn over his role in P&ID scandal

BRITISH national Adam Quinn faces prosecution for aiding and abetting corruption in Nigeria after an Abuja federal high court ordered his arrest over his involvement in the Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) scandal.

 

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Research shows that cattle are more productive when fitted with virtual reality headsets

CATTLE can be made more productive if efforts are made to reduce their anxiety according to new research that has led to the introduction of specially-designed virtual reality headsets for cows on a farm in Moscow’s Ramensky district.

 

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Sokoto State to enrol 20,000 out-of-school girls and women in full time education

SOKOTO State government is to enrol about 20,000 out-of-school girls and women in a new ambitious educational programme across the state's 23 local government areas under a fresh push to combat illiteracy.

 

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Orji Uzor Kalu tells high court he needs to released on bail so he can see his herbalist

SENATE chief whip and former Abia State governor Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has asked a federal high court to grant him leave to go and receive medical attention from his herbalist as the Nigerian prison service cannot treat a nagging aliment he is suffering from.

 

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Buhari orders education ministry to organise national summit by second quarter of 2020

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari appears to have finally woken up to the realisation that there is a crisis in the Nigerian education sector and has order the education ministry to organise a national summit on the matter early next year.

 

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Let us make a collective pledge to make 2020 the year of the Nigerian girl child

By Ayo Akinfe

(1) As Christmas approaches and everyone gets into the festive mood, I ask whether we actually ever use this opportunity to set ourselves annual national goals. Growing up as kids, we were all told to make new year resolutions. I wonder why this does not extend to national and developmental matters

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UK Charities Commission probes Nigerian evangelical church where members are asked to sell their blood in medical trials

NIGERIAN evangelical church SPAC Nation is being probed by the UK Charity Commission after it emerged that the faith house engages in weird practices including asking its members to sell their blood for money.

 

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APC national working committee lifts suspension of Akeredolu, Okorocha and Amosun

NIGERIA'S ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has lifted the suspensions on Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State and former governors Ibikunle Amosun and Rochas Okorocha that were imposed earlier on in the year for anti-party activities.

 

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Attorney-general Malami refuses to release Sowore saying that decision belongs to the courts

ATTORNEY-general of the federation Abubakar Malami has rejected calls to order the immediate release of former presidential candidate and Sahara Reporters publisher Omoyele Sowore saying he cannot adjudicate on the matter as it is still in court.

 

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Orji Uzor Kalu applies for post-conviction bail saying he needs medical attention

SENATE chief whip and former Abia State governor Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has applied for post-conviction bail claiming that he is battling serious health challenges that the medical facilities in the prison cannot handle.

 

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