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  Ekiti Oja Oba Market Shuts  Ekiti Oja Oba market (Kings market) shuts down by the Governor Fayemi, order their refunds of money. According to reports by Punch, the Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has ordered the closure of the new ultramodern market in Ado Ekiti over alleged structural defects. The governor, according to a press release by his Chief Press Secretary, Olayinka Oyebode, took the decision following the inspection of the King’s market (Oja Oba). The new market was built by the immediate past governor, Ayodele Fayose, while a part of it had been allocated by him before leaving the office. But the statement said it was discovered during an inspection that the market complex was not ready for use because of structural defects. The statement added, “A structural evaluation of the complex shows that some considerable construction work would be required to fix the inherent structural defects which have made the building unsafe for use. “A

Nigerian Traders Shops In Ghana  Reopened The National Association of Nigerian Traders on Monday, Sept. 24, 2018, stormed the ECOWAS secretariat located in Abuja to protest the alleged closure of shops belonging to Nigerians in Ghana. Nigerian traders shops in Ghana reopened after it has been locked for three weeks, following the intention of the Nigeria Government.  According to reports Mr Chukwuemeka Nnaji, the President, Nigeria Union of Traders Association Ghana, has confirmed the reopening of hundreds of Nigerians shops shut in Ghana after three months. He told  News Agency of Nigeria  in Abuja via a telephone interview that Ghanaian authorities have reopened all the shops as of November 8. He said that reopening of those locked up shops followed the intervention of the Federal Government of Nigeria. The Federal Government had on November 2 summoned the Ghana High Commissioner to Nigeria, Rashid Bawa, to explain how the Government of Ghana was handling the s

Prince Charles Visits Commonwealth War Graves in Abuja (Photos)                                   Prince Charles at the Commonwealth War Graves in Abuja. Source: Twitter: UK in Nigeria . Prince Charles visited the Commonwealth War Graves in Abuja, where, he laid a wreath. According to Clarence House, on Twitter, He visited the graves on Thursday morning. “This year is the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War and members of the Royal Family are honouring people around the Commonwealth, who have sacrificed their lives in conflict,” tweeted @ClarenceHouse. The Nigerian National Military Cemetery contains not only the Abuja Memorial erected by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission but also has memorials commemorating more recent conflicts. more photos and video  below: Richard Palmer ✔ @RoyalReporter Prince Charles honours Nigeria’s war dead at the Commonwealth war memorial in Abuja. 12:23 PM - Nov 8, 2018 29 See

El-Zakzaky Feeding: Nigerians Reacts To Lai Mohammed's Claim That N3.5m Is Spent Monthly  Lai Mohammed   The  Nigeria’s Information minister, Lai Mohammed, recently claimed that the government spends about N3.5 million monthly to feed Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, the Shi'ite group  leader who has been in detention   since 2015.   Following his claims on the amount of money used to feed El-Zakzaky, Lai Mohammed immediately began to trend on social media as Nigerians attacked him for "lying".   Twitter users feel the minister is a liar and should be cautioned to stop telling lies to Nigerians.   below are some of their reactions:  

Lai Mohammed, FG Spends N3.5m Monthly In El-Zakzaky Feeding  In Detention                                                                              El-Zakzaky The Leader of Islamic movement group known as (Shi'ite Group) El-Zakzaky, that has been in detention since December 2015, The Federal Government has come up with a claims that it spends  3.5 million monthly in his feeding. According to reports by Punch, the Federal Government claims it spends N3.5m monthly to feed the detained leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, Ibrahim el-Zakzaky. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, made the claim in a video that went viral on the internet on Thursday. If the claim is correct, the government may have spent over N120m to feed the Islamic cleric since he was arrested and detained in December 2015 after his followers were engaged in a bloody clash with the convoy of the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, in Zaria, Kaduna State. Mohammed

Minimum Wage: FG denies Approving N30,000 The Nigeria organized labour has reacted after the Federal Government has denied approving N30, 000 for minimum wage.  Accord to reports by Punch. the Federal Government said on Wednesday the N30,000 minimum wage proposal contained in the report of the tripartite committee set up by the Federal Government was still a recommendation and had not been approved. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who spoke with State House correspondents after the weekly Federal Executive Council, said President Muhammadu Buhari would still study the report presented to him on Tuesday by the Chairman of the committee, Amal Pepple, before taking a decision on it. Pepple had while presenting the report on Tuesday disclosed that the committee recommended that the national minimum wage be increased from N18,000 monthly to N30,000. She also said her committee drafted a bill that the Federal Government would send to the N

Face Of A Boy Who  Killed His Mother And Slept With Her Corpse For Money Ritual                                                                                    Samuel Akpobome A Boy of 18- Year- old named, Samuel Akpobome, has been arrested by the police in Edo State for allegedly killing his mother for money rituals, has explained how he committed the act. He told  PUNCH Metro  on Wednesday that he strangled the victim, Christiana Ighoyivwi, while she was asleep in her residence on Market Road, Ologbo, Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of the state. Akpobome, who was paraded by the Commissioner of Police, Mr Johnson Kokumo, along with over 80 other suspects arrested for various offences, stated that he later had sexual intercourse with his mother’s corpse. He, who hails from Delta State and is the youngest child of the deceased, claimed to have acted on the instructions on an unidentified native doctor. He said, “I wanted to use her (Christiana) for money