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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday at the State House Banquet Hall, Abuja, proposed a toast for the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The vice president’s toast was proposed at a dinner organised in honour of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Prof. Vuong Hue. Osinbajo, had earlier, at the Presidential Villa, received Hue and his team and witnessed the signing and exchange of the Memorandum of Understanding on waiver of visa requirements for holders of valid diplomatic and official passports. The vice president, during the toast on a lighter note,…

Chairman, Lagos Advertising and Ideas Festival (LAIF) Management Board, Steve Babaeko, has stated that the 2019 LAIF Awards is centred on the celebration of the Nigerian and African culture, as well as creative storytelling in the advertising industry. Babaeko, who is also Vice President of the Association of Advertising Agencies of Nigeria (AAAN) said this at a media roundtable in Lagos on Friday. The 2019 LAIF awards, which is the 13th edition, holds on Saturday, 14 December at the Landmark Event Centre, Lagos. The LAIF Chairman stated that the emergent growth witnessed in the Nigerian advertising industry would not have…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to the US President Donald Trump asking him to exercise his constitutional powers “pursuant to the Presidential Proclamations 7750 and 8697 to instruct the US Secretary of State and US Ambassador in Nigeria to temporarily ban Nigerian state governors and other senior public officials misusing the criminal justice system to jail journalists, bloggers and activists reporting on allegations of corruption from entering the US.” SERAP also urged Mr Trump to “use Presidential Proclamation 8697 (which allows the US Department of State to deny visas to foreign officials, their families…

MultiChoice Nigeria will be offering its DStv and GOtv decoders at special discounted prices during this year’s Lagos International Trade Fair holding between 1 and 10 November at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), Lagos. MultiChoice Nigeria’s Chief Customer Officer, Martin Mabutho, said the special trade fair discount will give more Nigerians the opportunity to enjoy quality video entertainment, especially as the festive season approaches. “The Lagos International Trade Fair remains a great platform for us to showcase our products and services as well as have one-on-one interactions with our customers. “On offer is a great selection of over 150 local and international…

…PDP lawyers, loyalist lament shabby treatment of case The Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed that President Muhammadu Buhari was validly elected as Nigerian President in the 23 February, presidential election. A seven-man panel of the court, headed by Justice Tanko Ibrahim Mohammed, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, also dismissed the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, challenging the victory of Buhari at the presidential election. Read also: CJN heads panel, as hearing of Atiku vs Buhari appeal begins The panel in a unanimous judgement said there is no merit in the appeal.…

…Sets up 3-man Interim Management Committee Less than 24 hours after the Senate President Ahmad Lawan read at the Senate plenary session a letter from President Muhammadu Buhari requesting for the Senate to screen and confirm the 16-member NDDC Board, the Minister of Niger Delta, Senator Godswill Akpabio has also set-up an Interim Management Committee to take-over from Mrs. Akwagaga’s interim Management of NDDC, which was constituted in August. After reading the letter from President Buhari, the Senate President referred the names of the 16-member NDDC Board to the Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs to carry out the screening…

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Tanko Muhammad has assumed headship of the seven-man panel of Justices of the Supreme Court that will hear and determine the appeal the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, filed to challenge President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election. Other members of the panel are Rhodes Bode-Vivour, Olukayode Ariwola, Inyang Okoro, Amiru Sanusi, Uwani Abajji and Ejembi Eko. Read also: Presidential election: Supreme Court hears Atiku’s appeals Wednesday PDP names supreme court Justices it says must hear Atiku’s appeal The panel which started sitting around 9 am, have commenced hearing on the appeal.…

First Lady Aisha Muhammadu Buhari has urged Africans to change their perception of women’s infertility as an abnormal condition and also desist from attaching stigma to women having the condition. In a statement by the first lady’s Special Assistant, Media and Publicity Mr Aliyu Abdullahi, she made the call during the high-level panel discussion of African First Ladies on the challenges of ” Building Healthcare Capacity ” in the African Continent. The event was the sixth edition of MERK AFRICA-ASIA LUMINARY/MORE THAN A MOTHER INITIATIVE” organised for African first ladies which was co-chaired by the first lady of Ghana Madam…

The Nigeria Army has urged residents and traders in Enugu not to panic as it carries out a sanitation exercise at Ogbete Main Market and its environs within Enugu metropolis. Col. Aliyu Yusuf, Deputy Director, Public Relations 82 Division, said in a statement in Enugu on Tuesday that the exercise was part of the Exercise “Atilogwu Udo 1’’. He urged residents of the metropolis to support and cooperate with the troops to ensure successful conduct of the exercise. Read also: Biden denied Holy Communion over abortion stance He said: “Headquarters 82 Division Nigerian Army wishes to inform the public that…

Joe Biden was reportedly denied Holy Communion in a Catholic church in South Carolina, after being accused of ‘advocating for abortion. Father Robert E. Morey, from Saint Anthony Catholic Church in Florence, claimed that he refused the Democratic presidential 2020 hopeful Holy Communion because of his stance on abortion. Biden, who has been a lifelong Catholic but whose position on abortion is unclear, had attended 9am mass on Sunday as he was in South Carolina for campaign appearances, MailOnline reports. ‘Sadly, this past Sunday, I had to refuse Holy Communion to former Vice President Joe Biden,’ Morey told SCNow.com. ‘Holy…