Tag: 2019
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[TNG NASS Snippets] Reps expose how Ayade as PDP Governor co-sponsored Gbajabiamila’s Speakership ambition in 2019
By Emman Ovuakporie This week’s TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) snippets will focus on how Cross River Governor Senator Ben Ayade co-sponsored Femi Gbajabiamila speakership ambition while in Peoples Democratic Party PDP in 2019. Other issues of the week: Stop giving states monthly feeding bottle, embrace true federalism, Rep Chinda tells FG Gbajabiamila’s Bill seeking to compulsorily recruit…
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Why I joined politics in 2019 – Al Mustapha
Maj. Hamza Al Mustapha, Chief Security Officer (CSO) to late military head of state, Gen. Sani Abacha, says he decided to join politics in 2019 to create opportunities for Nigerian youths to actualise their potential. Al Mustapha said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. “I created…
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Okiemute! Okiemute! Okiemute! A clarion call for Urhobo unity post 2019 – Anthony Omowhovo
By Anthony Omowhovo Since time immemorial, there has always been a reason for the existence of every tribe or ethnic nationality, Urhobo which constitute a sizeable percentage of the population of Delta State is not an exception. They are predominantly found in 24 kingdoms in Delta central senatorial zone of the state. Urhobo people are…
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UBA shareholders ratify N34.19bn dividend for 2019
The United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc shareholders, on Wednesday, commended the bank for declaring a dividend of N34.19 billion for the financial year ended Dec. 31, 2019. The shareholders gave their commendation at the bank’s 58th and first virtual Annual General Meeting (AGM) monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on YouTube in…
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1,115 children died from acute malnutrition in Borno in 2019 – UNICEF
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) on Tuesday said 1,115 children have died from acute malnutrition in Borno between January and December 2019. UNICEF Nutrition Sector Coordinator, Mr Simon Karanja, disclosed this at the inauguration of the Borno Steering Committee on Food and Nutrition in Maiduguri. Karanja said that in the year under review, 138,236…
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ICPC recovers N77.04b assets in 2019
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Thursday said it recovered N77.04 billion assets from suspects in 2019. The commission also said it received 1,934 petitions out of which it concluded investigations on 580. The remaining petitions, which were not within its jurisdiction, were referred to relevant anti-graft agencies. But it…
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JUST IN: NECO releases 2019 NOV/DEC results
The National Examination Council has released the results of the 2019 November/December Senior School Certificate Examinations. Abubakar Gana, Acting Registrar of the council, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Thursday. The National Examination Council (NECO) has released the results of the 2019 November/December Senior School Certificate Examinations (SSCE). Abubakar Gana, Acting Registrar…
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How Buhari led FG persistently assaulted rule of law in 2019 – NBA
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has condemned the “executive misbehaviour and high-handedness” of the federal government in 2019. The president of the association, Paul Usoro, said this in his New Year’s message saying peace and justice cannot reign in the country if the government continues to pay lip service to the rule of law. He…
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Buhari made 2019 unsuccessful year for many Nigerians – Atiku
Nigeria’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar says the President Muhammdu Buhari-led government, in 2019 plunged the nation into throes of economic instability, with more people losing jobs and the attendant outcome of more children being out of school and more families having hard time in accessing basic needs of life. He said he did not…
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TNG Review: People, policies that shaped Nigeria’s economy in 2019
With the year 2020 just a matter of hours away, Nigeria like other countries around the world is gradually counting its gains and losses in the outgoing year, 2019. While it can be said that the country barely made any appreciable progress economically, however, going forward, the challenges of a struggling economy still stares us…