Adams Oshiomhole, APC leader The ruling All Progressives Congress national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole has threatened to sue the Senate President Bukola Saraki after the latter called for his resignation over allegations of graft against him.“I challenge Saraki to mention one name of an aspirant that gave money to the national chairman or we file a […]
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Zenith Labour Party Presidential candidate, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, has shelved his presidential ambition to contest the Ondo central senatorial seat in 2019. This was contained in a statement by his spokesman, Mr John Paul Akinduro, who said his principal announced his withdrawal from the race while meeting with the party faithful and some national leaders […]
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The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday, faulted the Federal Government for allegedly failing to provide the funds needed for the National Bureau of Statistics to perform its essential service. He said the situation had made it impossible for the NBS to produce the current annual employment report as […]
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As the country awaits the final word on the renegotiated new national minimum wage and public service pay rise, stakeholders should ponder the likely full implications. After the usual sparring between the organised labour and the government, a tripartite committee had recommended N30,000 monthly as the minimum wage, down from labour’s N64,000 demand and higher than […]
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Left: A member of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Beverly Nkemdiche, chocked by tear gas. Right: Policemen manning entrance to the Assembly complex. Photos: Tony Okafor The resumed sitting of the Anambra State House of Assembly on Thursday assumed violent dimension as policemen blocked the entrance to the premises, while they also sprayed teargas […]
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Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor said on Thursday the person who had ordered the killing of prominent journalist Jamal Khashoggi was the head of the negotiating team sent to repatriate him. The prosecutor, Shaalan al-Shaalan , also said that the whereabouts of Khashoggi’s body remained unknown. The prosecutor told reporters in Riyadh that investigations were still […]
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Five Saudi officials face the death penalty for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi who was dismembered inside the kingdom’s Istanbul consulate, but Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was not involved, the prosecutor said Thursday. The announcement follows growing international outcry over the killing of Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist and critic of the Saudi rulers who was last seen entering […]
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Director, Consumer Protection Department, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Sunday Salam-Alada, has said electronic fraud losses in the banking system are projected to reach N6.1 trillion by 2021. He disclosed this at the ongoing workshop for Business Editors and Finance Correspondents, organised by Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) in Benin. According to him, the volume […]
Continue ReadingDominic Raab (Photo by Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP) British leader Theresa May suffered a huge blow on Thursday when a series of ministers including her Brexit secretary quit as she tried to sell her proposed EU withdrawal agreement to a divided parliament.Dominic Raab resigned from his role at the Brexit ministry while a second cabinet […]
Continue ReadingWater yam (Dioscorea alata)… inset are the leaves of English lesser yam (Dioscorea esculenta) Can extracts of the tubers and leaves of some species of yam be used to beat cancer, diabetes, pain, arthritis, bone loss, and premenopausal syndrome? Researchers say the tuber of yam (Dioscorea esculenta) may provide a possible source for the discovery […]
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