Gandollar threatens to drag Wike to court over purported mosque demolition in Port Harcourt

GOVERNOR Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has vowed to drag his Rivers State counterpart Governor Nyesom Wike to court for having the temerity to demolish a mosque in the state capital Port Harcourt.

 

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

By Ayo Akinfe 

(1) Today, August 31 calls for sober reflection as on this day in 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. 

(2) This gentleman here Tunku Rahman, was their first prime minister, taking office some five months after Kwame Nkrumah in Ghana. Mr Rahman served as both Malaya's first prime minister (1957-63) and upon its formation Malaysia's (1963-1970).

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Husband asks court to dissolve his marriage because wife calls the name of her ex-lover during sex

ZIMBABWEAN husband Felix Dube has asked the Bulawayo Customary Court to dissolve his marriage because his wife constantly called out the name of her former lover whenever they had sex.

 

Mr Dube dragged his wife, Nombulelelo Moyo, to the divorce court, for habitually shouting her ex-lover’s name during sex with him. In the suit, he claimed he suspects Moyo was still dating her ex, given the frequency, with which she calls out his name during their intimate moments.

 

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Tony Elumelu asks Japan to invest in young African entrepreneurs if it wants to regain market share

BILLIONAIRE businessman Tony Elumelu has asked Japan to invest $2.5bn on young and budding entrepreneurs in Nigeria and other African countries as part of a programme to regain market share it has recently lost to rivals.

 

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Rohr calls up Paok's Esiti as a replacement for Ndidi and also recalls Bryan Idowu

SUPER Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr has called up Paok of Greece midfielder Anderson Esiti as a replacement for the injured Wilfred Ndidi for the September 10 friendly encounter against Ukraine in Dnipro.

 

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Ihedioha orders Imolites to carry our citizen's arrest of Rochas whenever he sets foot in Imo State

GOVERNOR Emeka Ihedioha has asked the people of Imo State to carry out a citizen's arrest of his predecessor Senator Rochas Okorocha whenever they see him and hand him over to the police for assaulting a government official.

 

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Bata plans to expand its presence in Nigeria with more shoe manufacturing plants

CANADIAN footwear giant Bata has announced plans to expand its presence in Nigeria with the opening of several multi-million naira factories across the country that will manufacture shoes and fashion accessories.

 

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Frederick Lugard was Nigeria’s most successful economic manager ever and we need to replicate his feat

By Ayo Akinfe 

(1) Today is August 30. On this day in 1894 British explorer Frederick Lugard began his expedition of the Niger which led to the eventual creation of the nation state called Nigeria. This is the flag which Lugard gave the territory. In just 20 years, Lugard had captured nearly 1m square kilometres, subduing about 20m people from 250 different ethnic groups. He created the biggest and most lucrative British colony south of the Sahara to the envy of the Germans and French 

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Anambra pentecostal pastor flees after stabbing his mother to death and leaving her in a pool of her own blood

PENTECOSTAL clergyman Pastor Nwabueze Anaka has fled from his church and home in Anambra State after stabbing his mother to death at Oraifite in Ekwusigo Local Government Area of the state.

 

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Coza's Pastor Fatoyinbo granted bail after his witness shows up from Port Harcourt

COMMONWEALTH of Zion Assembly (Coza) founder Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo has been released on bail by the police in Abuja after he met the condition that he should produce his witnesses in the ongoing rape case against him.

 

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