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The Lagos office of Exxon Mobile has been shut down by its workers who are protesting over the attempts by the company to sack more than 100 Nigerian workers. Details later…

On Thursday, President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife, Hajiya Aisha, donated some bags of rice and cartons of liquid milk to the Christian community in Abuja for Christmas. She stated that the donation was to support the Christian families of the First Baptist Church in FCT, Abuja. Mrs. Buhari, who was represented by Mrs Dolapo Osinbajo, the wife of the Vice-President, said the kind gesture was done out of passion and love. “I know there are men of God and people of God here and I see a lot of Christian mothers, the youth and children too, it is lovely to be…

On Wednesday, the Kano State government has announced that Avian influenza, popularly known as Bird flu has find its way back to its farms. Dr Shehu Bawa, the Director Veterinary Services, Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, disclosed this to newsmen in Kano. Bawa said the outbreak was recorded in one of the poultry farms in the state. He said the affected farm had been depopulated while stringent measures were taken to prevent the spread of the disease. “The state government has taken proactive measures to contain the spread of the disease to other farms within the state.” Bawa said…

The Nigerian Senate has rejected President Muhammadu Buhari’s nomination of Ibrahim Magu as Economic Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, chairman after stalling his confirmation on two occasions. The Senate claimed that it rejected Magu after it received a security report. The details of the security report was not disclosed as at press time. In a series on tweets on social media, the official Twitter account of the Red Chamber said: “Following the security report before it, Senate therefore rejected the confirmation of the Nomination of Mr. Ibrahim Magu as Chairman EFCC” The Senate however confirmed the nomination of the other 4…

MMM Founder, Sergey Mavrodi has allegedly written an open letter to the Federal Government of Nigeria explaining the benefits of the scheme. The letter was displayed on the page of all participants of the Scheme. It could be recalled that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had warned Nigerians against participating in the scheme which was described as “Ponzi Scheme”. The House of Representatives in October also ordered an investigation into the operation of the scheme. According to the letter, Mr. Mavrodi implored the government to look at the benefits of the scheme…

The organisation representing Europe’s leading clubs has rejected calls for the World Cup to be expanded, BBC Sport has reported. Earlier this month, Fifa president Gianni Infantino proposed a 48-team tournament consisting of 16 groups of three countries each. The European Club Association (ECA) say the number of games played in a year is already at an “unacceptable level”. “We urge Fifa not to increase the number of World Cup participants,” said ECA chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge. Fifa’s council will discuss Infantino’s proposal at a meeting on 9 January but the 46-year-old made expansion part of his election manifesto because he…

The outgoing UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has bid the Security Council farewell, telling the Council that the protracted conflict in Syria remained his greatest regret as he bows out of office. Ban, in an emotion-laden speech, told the 15-member Council that it is strongest when united. “I encourage the Council to continue its very important work in this regard and I know that my successor, António Guterres, will be a most determined ally.” Ban said He stressed that “the Council is strongest when it is united,” citing examples of successful initiatives including the destruction of chemical weapons in Syria and…

On Thursday, the Leader of Biafra Independence Movement, BIM, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, has urged the United Nations, UN, to quickly carry out a referendum that would determine if the Igbos still want to remain in Nigeria or in the alternative, recognize Biafra as an independent nation. Uwazuruike made this request in a press statement, signed on his behalf by the Director of Information of the group, Chris Mocha, where he cried out that more than two million Igbos have been killed between 1967 and 2016. According to him, “There is no doubt that if this staggering number of deaths had…

Matilda Donatus Odiong, a 20-year old patient of End State Renal Disorder has sent an appeal for help to Nigerians at home and abroad to help raise N15 million to enable her undergo urgent life-saving kidney transplant surgery. The 200 level student of the Department of English/Literary Studies at the University of Calabar, Cross Rivers State, is currently lying on the hospital bed. A medical report signed by Dr. Nwabueze of the Internal Medicine Department of the UTH, said Matilda is a known patient of the renal/nephology unit in the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Akwa Ibom State where she…

President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has arrived Lagos, the country’s commercial nerve center this morning and headed for the Naval Dockyard, Victoria Island to commission three warships and 27 patrol boats. The president was received by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode at the Murtala Muhammed Airport early this morning and headed straight to the Naval Dockyard for the commissioning. The president is going to commission three warships. One of the war ships was imported while two others were built locally. The president will also commission 27 patrol boats for the use of the navy to patrol the nation’s water body. Buhari was…