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BREAKING: Again, herdsmen kill 18 persons in Plateau midnight attack

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Suspected Fulani herdsmen have killed 18 persons and injured four others during an attack on Ariri community in Bassa Local Government Area on Wednesday. source punchng.com

Primaries: Buhari in closed-door meeting with El-Rufai, Akeredolu

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President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday held a closed-door meeting with two state governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress. They are Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai; and his Ondo State counterpart, Rotimi Akeredolu source punchng.com

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Christine Blasey Ford inspired me to break my silence

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If Christine Blasey Ford's heart-wrenching decision to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee has taught us anything, it is that women who have spent their lives in the shadow of sexual assault can still find a path -- however uncertain, however terrifying -- to meaningful action. I know, because in my own way I've spent the past two weeks doing just that. Like so many, I've been on an emotional roller coaster as I've absorbed the headlines and relived my own experience of being attacked as a teenager. But I've also been inspired and spurred by Ford's example to figure out what I can do to seek redress decades after the fact. Naomi Seligman The man who attacked me will never be nominated to the Supreme Court, and I haven't had to parse my words and defend my actions before an audience of millions. Still, I recognize many aspects of Ford's experience: her hesitation in coming forward, her fear of humiliation and the valu...

Breaking: APC expels Senator Ovie Omo-Agege with immediate effect

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Latest reports from the Delta State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) led by Cyril Abeye Ogodo shows that the party has expelled Ovie Omo-Agege, the senator representing Delta Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly and factional senatorial candidate in the 2019 general election.

Investments in telecom sector now grow at $5bn per quarter — NCC

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Executive Vice Chairman of Nigerian Communications Commission NCC, Prof Umar Danbatta, who stated this at the ongoing 2018 NCC Day, at Abuja International Trade Fair, yesterday, said the sector’s contribution to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP, rose to 10.5 per cent as at June 2018, from the initial 9.1 per cent in 2016 and that at the end of August this year there were over 160.8 million active voice subscribers with over 104 million being used to access Internet services. T elecoms sector now grow at about $5 billion every quarter. Dambatta, who spoke through the commission’s Head of Public Relations, Reuben Muoka, said the theme, “Enhancing SMEs in agribusiness through innovative technology,” was in line with the ultimate objective of the commission to use technology as an enabler of the overall economic growth and development in the country. He said the commission through the availability of information and education, helped consumers to make informed choices in the use...

Ambode Sacred of Impeachment accepts Defeat

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On Wednesday the Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, conceded victory to Babajide Sanwo-Olu, his main opponent for the All Progressives Congress governorship ticket in Lagos, to calm frayed nerves and avert impeachment. There had been alot of expectation that the governor would rule out the declaration of Sanwo-Olu as the winner of the state’s Tuesday governorship primary, which was initially cancelled by the APC National Working Committee panel that had promised to announce a new date for the primary. The panel had reverse its standings on Wednesday to declare Sanwo-Olu the winner. A few hours after the panel’s new decision, the governor’s media team sent a press statement that the governor would host a “world press briefing” by 2.pm, causing more speculations. In the briefing, which eventually turned out to be a broadcast by 4pm, Ambode accepted defeat and congratulated Sanwo-Olu. One of our correspondents gathered through sources in both Ambode and Asiwaju Bola Tin...