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The United Nations, UN, has said that the demarcation of the Cameroon-Nigeria border continues to face challenges due to insecurity in areas affected by the presence of Boko Haram. This is contained in a ‘Report of the Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, on the activities of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel, UNOWAS’. Guterres also cited the unrest in the English-speaking regions of Cameroon as partly responsible for the challenges faced by the Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission. “Insecurity in areas affected by Boko Haram continued to hinder the activities of the Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission in the…

The first black woman to be crowned Miss Universe Great Britain in the pageant’s 66-year history has called it “a great achievement.” Dee-Ann Kentish Rogers, who’s also a competitive athlete and recently passed her exams to be a barrister, says the massive response to the fact she’s a black woman has “kind of startled” her. “Although I’ve been preparing for this pageant for a long time, I’ve just been preparing as Dee-Ann,” she tells Newsbeat. “Now that I’ve won the pageant, I’ve come to the realisation that I’ve not only won the pageant as Dee-Ann, but as a black woman.”…

The House of Representatives at a plenary, Wednesday, directed Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to immediately withdraw mutilated, dirty and oiled notes from circulation and replace them with new ones. Already, one hundred naira is lacking in circulation and in most cases the mutilated currency is seen everywhere which causes users grave concern in business transactions. Disturbed by black-marketing of mint Naira notes on the streets in some parts of the country, the House mandated its Committee on Banking and Currency to investigate the allegation. The lower chamber of the National Assembly equally resolved to constitute an…

President Muhammedu Buhari, Friday, joined Benue State government and people, Nigerian Bar Association and National Judicial Council in mourning Justice Aloysius Iyorgyer Katsina-Alu, the erudite jurist for his contributions to the structuring of Nigeria’s jurisprudence. Katsina-Alu, who headed the Nigerian judiciary between 2009 and 2011, reportedly died at an Orthopaedic Hospital in Abuja in the early hours of Wednesday. The President affirmed that Justice Katsina-Alu’s knowledge, experience and diligence impacted greatly on governance in Nigeria as he featured prominently in landmark cases. He believed the late Chief Justice left behind a legacy of discipline, brilliance and diligence that younger jurists…

A total of 300,000 N-Power beneficiaries in the country are to be deployed next week. N-Power is also linked to the Federal Government’s policies in the economic, employment and social development arenas. N-Power addresses the challenge of youth unemployment by providing a structure for large scale and relevant work skills acquisition and development while linking its core and outcomes to fixing inadequate public services and stimulating the larger economy. In his Twitter handle Friday, Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo retweeted ‘’What did we tell you? Why didn’t you believe? You gotta trust someone, trust us. Look out for an important…

Federal Government, Thursday, officially launched a new national carrier known as ‘Nigeria Air.’ Senator Hadi Sirika, the Minister of State for Aviation unveiled the name some few minutes ago at the Farnborough Airshow in London. The airline will be formally launched on December 19, 2018. The logo and the colour is green and white. Before now, the country had floated Nigeria Airways founded in 1958 after the dissolution of West African Airways Corporation (WAAC) with Nigeria owning 51% of its shares until 1961 when the country bought off the rest of it and it became its flag carrier. Although it…

As 2019 general elections in the country close in, politicians are re-strategising and engaging in serious horse trading to grab power from their perceived opponents. Dele Momodu, veteran journalist cum media mogul, shared on his Twitter page this evening, Wednesday as he wrote that: All Progressives Congress defectors meeting with the Senate President and Peoples Democratic Party National Chairman and Chieftains in Ilorin right now… Recall that two weeks ago, a new faction in the All Progressive Congress (APC) emerged, formed by aggrieved members of the newPeoples Democratic Party known as the Reformed-All Progressives Congress (R-APC), Senate President Bukola Saraki, House…

The moribund Ibom Science Park sited in the heart of Uyo and wholly owned by Akwa Ibom Government was, Wednesday, given a lease of life 18 years after its incorporation. The Victor Attah administration that ruled from 1999 to 2007 initiated the project with a sum of N6 billion for completion in two years though it was alleged that the contractor collected N5.2 billion and bolted, leaving the park located on an expanse of 122 hectares in Afaha Oku, Uyo, Akwa Ibom capital to rot away. The signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Akwa Ibom State Government and…

The former Real Madrid manager has decided to join Cristiano Ronaldo in Juventus Football Club inTurin, Italy. Zinedane Zidane has agreed to take up a backroom role in October as a director, Spanish outlet Libertad Digital has claimed. The Frenchman played for Juventus from 1996 and 2001, where he won two Serie A titles. His appointment will no doubt add pressure on current Juventus manager, Max Allegri to win the Champions League this season. Zidane guided Real to three straight Champions League crowns before he quit the club in May this year.

President Muhammadu Buhari, Tuesday, declined assent to the Corporate Manslaughter Bill of 2018 and three other bills recently passed by the National Assembly and forwarded to him for assent. Other bills were the Courts and Tribunals (Standard Scale of Fines) Bill of 2017; the National Child Protection and Enforcement Agency, NCPEA bill of 2018 and the Agricultural Credit guarantee Scheme Fund (Amendment) Bill of 2018. These were contained in separate letters to the Senate dated 9th July, 2018 and read Tuesday during plenary by Dr. Bukola Saraki, the President of the Senate. On the National Child Protection and Enforcement Agency (NCPEA) (ESTABL|SHMENT)…