Emmy Isaac's Blog
At the Commonwealth Business Forum in London on Wednesday, April 18, 2018, President Muhammadu Buhari gave a keynote address on Making Business Easier Between Commonwealth Countries. The presentation was followed by a discussion, and question and answer session. Responding to a question, President Buhari had cause to talk about some Nigerian
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Former presidential candidate Olu Falae has said the President Muhammadu Buhari administration is not doing well, Punch reports. Falae said this at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, where he was hosted during a visit to former president Olusegun Obasanjo. Obasanjo had earlier in the year appealed with Buhari not to seek a second term in office. The responsibility of the government
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British Prime Minister Theresa May has called for same-sex marriages in Nigeria and other countries within the Commonwealth. May made the call while speaking at the first joint forum at Commonwealth Head of Government Meetings in Westminster on Tuesday, where she said there should be no laws prohibiting same-sex relationships across the
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Following the reports made by the Federal Government, that 106 of 110 Abuducted girls were released by Boko-Haram yesterday (21/03/18) and was done through the efforts of some "Back Channels" Contrary to that claims, SaharaReporters can report that a handsome ransom of five million euros was paid to Boko Haram to secure
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Popular social media platform Facebook has offered to assist Nigeria electoral umpire INEC, in voter education and engage citizens meaningfully to achieve peaceful general elections in 2019. According to INEC, this was made known when a team from Facebook, led by its Public Policy Director for Africa, Ebele Okobi, paid
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Two new language services have been launched by the BBC World Service for Igbo and Yoruba speakers in Nigeria and West and Central Africa. Their digital content is mainly aimed at audiences who use mobile phones. Igbo is primarily spoken in south-east Nigeria and Yoruba in the south-west, as well as in
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Enugu State Government has announced increase in the allowance for National Youth Service Corps ( NYSC ) members serving in primary healthcare facilities in rural areas in the state. The Commissioner for Information, Mr Ogbuagu Anikwe, announced this in Enugu on Wednesday while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the State
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Like every other Valentine's day.. It began with a right frame of mind, students were seen with handmade love cookies made for their teachers and classmates But by the end of the day, 17 people would be dead, allegedly killed by a former student, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz, who had been expelled
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Jacob Zuma has resigned as the president of South Africa with immediate effect, state television announced Wednesday night. Mr. Zuma, 75, has led South Africa since 2009. His resignation came a day after he was rejected by his parry, the African National Congress, ANC. Zuma in his resignation speech said the ANC cannot
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Barack and Michelle Obama unveiled their official portraits at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery on Monday. The former US president and his wife selected Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald, respectively, for the paintings, which will be among the gallery’s collection of presidential portraits. Wiley and Sherald were the first black artists ever commissioned
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