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MAGU The acting Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim Magu and the Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme, Prof. Charles Dokubo, have emerged as NewsmakersNG 2019 Persons of the Year. In a statement by Publisher NewsmakersNG, Mr Dipo Kehinde said Magu and Prof. Dokubo were selected as the two Most Outstanding Heads of Agencies…
Alleges Northern Elders Behind the Security outfit Dogara, Sultan, others meet over Security By Ibrahim Hassan Barely 24 hours after a coalition of Northern Groups launches the Arewa version of Amotekun code-named Shege Ka Fasa, Umbrella body of Arewa youth groups, the joint action committee of northern youth associations, has distanced itself from the…
Sterling Manchester City winger Raheem Sterling will miss Sunday’s Premier League clash against West Ham and could face a race to be fit for their Champions League showdown with Real Madrid after suffering a hamstring injury. Sterling limped off during Sunday’s defeat at Tottenham and the club have confirmed the injury will sideline the England…
President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi On assumption of the chairmanship of the African Union in February 2019, the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi realized the significant African roots of his country both economically and politically. President Sisi has relied on the strong ties and the valuable credibility developed between the two sides during the…
WWE’s stock price took a steel chair to the head Thursday as the pro-wrestling giant posted revenues and profits that fell short of Wall Street estimates. Shares in the Connecticut-based company which got hammered last week after WWE chairman and CEO Vince McMahon abruptly ousted his co-presidents, George Barrios and Michelle Wilson plunged as much…
Peoples Democratic Party The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it has commenced the sale of forms to elect new executives at the state and zonal levels whose tenure expire in 2020.The party disclosed this in a statement by its National Organizing Secretary, Col. Austin Akobundu (rtd), on Thursday in Abuja. Akobundu said that in line with the…
Sanwo-Olu and Agbaje The All Progressives Congress (APC) Lagos State chapter on Thursday said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) guber candidate in 2019, Jimi Agbaje, lacked the skill and experience to teach Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu the art of planning. Recall that Jimi Agbaje had counselled the Lagos state governor to plan well before enforcing the…
IGP Mohammed Adamu The Inspector General (I-G) of Police Mr Mohammed Adamu, had deployed detectives and special forensic investigators to expedite investigations into the criminal enterprise of Ansaru terror group and their associates. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), DCP Frank Mba disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. The Police on Wednesday…
Yahya Jammeh Gambian ex-autocrat Yahya Jammeh’s palatial country residence, where he allegedly administered a self-invented AIDS cure, has been partially “gutted by bushfire,” the West African state’s army said Thursday. Located in Jammeh’s home village of Kanilai in western Gambia, his sprawling former private residence was engulfed by a wildfire on Wednesday, according to army spokesman…
Bill Gates’ charity vows to dedicate up to $100 million to combat the coronavirus outbreak that has claimed hundreds of lives. The pledge from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation includes up to $20 million that will immediately go toward detecting, isolating and treating the deadly virus with the goal of containing it, the Seattle-based…