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A Nigerian has killed a fellow from Awgu local government area in Enugu State in South Africa. The 28-year-old Okolie Olileanyi Paul was allegedly stabbed to death by a fellow Nigerian and a housemate, Mr Donald Mordi from Ika Northeast local government area in Delta State. National Publicity Secretary of Nigeria Union South Africa, NUSA, Chief Iyke Odefa, who stated this in a statement Thursday, said: ”He was stabbed during an argument that resulted in physical combat. The sad event took place in Roodenport West Rand on August 17 in the wee hours when an argument ensued between the duo.…

The Presidency, Thursday, debunked the allegation that there was a bomb blast on Sallah day that killed about 88 persons, describing such allegation as mischievous. The Presidency also stated that those for a peaceful, united and cohesive Nigeria were more than those against it, adding that those with baleful, hateful thoughts would never win. Chief Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity in a statement in Abuja, said there was no bomb blast on Sallah day, contrary to the allegation by Mr. Ayo Osuntokun, a member of the Coalition for Nigeria Movement, CNM, that claimed the…

Nigeria earned as much as N7.93 trillion ($26 billion) from oil exports from January to July this year, making it the sixth largest revenue earner among the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, member nations. Published by the US Energy Information Administration, EIA,  the OPEC revenues fact sheet report said that the 15-member producers’ group earned a total of N127.2 trillion ($417 billion) in the period under review. Oil prices rose by a significant 2% on Wednesday to exceed the $74 mark, the highest recorded in the last two weeks. Out of this, Nigeria accounted for 6.24 per cent of…

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has denied releasing dates for its primaries ahead of the 2019 general election. Several reports claimed the ruling party had released its timetable for the primaries. This rumour gained grounds because the timetable released by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in January slated party primaries to begin August 18. However, in a statement Thursday by its Acting Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena, APC said it had not announced its timetable for primaries. “Our attention has been drawn to a timetable circulating in the social media and published today (yesterday) August 23, 2018, in Daily Times…

Ahead of the 2019 Presidential election, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has ruled out any possibility of micro zoning its ticket to a particular geo-political zone in the North. National Publicity Secretary of the party, Kola Ologbondiyan, stated this in reaction to a call by Rabiu Kwankwaso, the lawmaker representing Kano Central senatorial district, that the PDP should pick its Presidential candidate from the North-West Region to stand a better chance of ousting All Progressives Congress (APC) from Aso Rock in 2019. Ologbondiyan, who had often insisted that the leadership of the party would not stand in the way of…

President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged to settle the medical bill of a 28-year- old visually-impaired, serving member of National Youth Service Corps, NYSC. Okenala Ahmed, who is a graduate of Insurance from the Federal Polytechnic Offa, Kwara State, is doing his service year in Daura, Katsina State. A statement by Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Thursday, said Ahmed was among the Corps members who paid Sallah homage to President Buhari on Tuesday in Daura, as part of activities marking the Eid-El-Kabir celebrations. The statement read: “In the course of the President’s…

Crude oil price has risen from $72.50 to $74.17per barrel in the international market as a result of limited inventories in the United States and Iran sanctions. In its report obtained by Vanguard, Thursday, the American Petroleum Institute stated that U.S. crude stocks fell last week by 5.2 million barrels. The development which gave impression of rising demand over limited supply, culminated in high price. A survey of the market showed that the price of Brent rose from over $72 to $74.17 per barrel. The price of WTI and Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC basket of 15 crudes stood…

The court in Medan on Sumatra Island, Indonesia, Tuesday, set a judicial precedent by sentencing an ethnic Chinese Buddhist to 18 months jail term for complaining about noise from a mosque’s call to prayer. In what is the latest conviction under a controversial blasphemy law, Meiliana, 44, was found guilty of insulting Islam for asking her neighbourhood mosque to lower its sound system because it was too loud and “hurt” her ears. Her lawyer said his client would appeal the ruling of the court. There are some 800,000 mosques across the archipelago, with the five-times-a-day call to prayer heard everywhere…

Two Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senators Thursday took a swipe at the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC and its leaders, saying that they have made the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, the current issue in the Nigerian politics. In a joint statement in Abuja, the senators are Chairman, Senate Committee on Navy, Senator Isa Hamma Misau, PDP, Bauchi Central, and Chairman, Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions, Senator Rafiu Ibrahim, PDP, Kwara South, wondered why the APC had made Saraki a subject of discourse, instead of telling Nigerians what its government has achieved in the last 38…

Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, seems to be divided along political party lines as the National Coordinator of the association and All Progressives Congress, APC, stalwart, Alhaji Garus Gololo, has taken a swipe at the National President and General Secretary of the group, Alhaji Muhammadu Kirowo and Baba Ngelzarma, describing them as card-carrying members of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Gololo’s outburst came against the backdrop of his condemnation by Kirowo and Ngelzarma for calling on the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, to step down or be forced out. The national president and secretary general of the…