GEJ's steward among 305 people to get National Honours

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President Jonathan has approved the award of 2013/2014 National Honours to 305 Nigerians and friends of Nigeria. One of those to be award is the Head Presidential Steward, Mr Isaac Onuh, who will be awarded Member of the Order of the Niger (MON).

The award ceremony will take place on Monday, September 29, 2014 at the International Conference Centre, Abuja. Find the list of all the awardees after the cut...
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lagos, Abuja Among Top 4 Most Costly Cities In Africa – Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)

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Lagos and Abuja have been listed among the top four cities in Africa with high cost of living, according to an index released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) on 25 African cities.

The key results of cost of living per city by the EIU reveal that Abuja is the second most expensive city with total expenditure score of 107.4, next to Luanda with a score of 131.8, while Lagos comes fourth with 100.8 total expenditure, as Addis Ababa came last with a score of 60.8.

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Two African Cities Among 10 World’s Most Expensive Cities To Live In 2013

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A new study by the Mercer global consulting firm says the Angolan capital, Luanda, tops the list as the world’s most expensive city for expatriates.


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Amaechi Says Rivers Governorship To Rotate Among Ethnic Group

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The Governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Amaechi

The Governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Amaechi has said that the process of selecting who govern the oil rich state would rotate among the different ethnic groups in the area.

The governor disclosed this on Thursday while receiving thousands of delegates from Etche ethnic group, who had paid him a solidarity visit at government house in Port Harcourt in support of his administration.

”Any area that has produced governor before should go and sleep and allow other areas to produce,’ Mr Amaechi said. He called for the setup of Etche Enlightenment Committee to educate and mobilise the people on the need to exercise their voting power in the next elections.  He insisted that the people’s vote must count since that is one way the Rivers people will elect their leaders independently without external influence in 2015.

While blaming the current political crisis in the state on some detractors, the governor said his administration is poised to do more for the Etche people promising that his administration will not abandon them. The Chairman of the Etche traditional rulers council, Emmanuel Opurum said Governor Amaechi’s administration is godsend as Etche people has witnessed unprecedented development since his inception.

Nigerian Child Among Every 5 Kids Out-Of-School Globally

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Nigeria could enrol 2.4 million of its children into school, findings from UNESCO show, as the country continues to lag behind in education with a Nigerian child among every five out-of-school children in the world.

The findings from UNESCO’s Education for All Global Monitoring Report show that Nigeria could raise nearly half a billion dollars per year for education if 20 percent of its oil revenue was invested in the sector.

Nigerian among the richest property owners in the UK, guess who SHE is (PICTURED)

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It is a central London apartment block with a price tag that only the world’s richest can afford to pay. But owners of the lavish apartments at the Candy & Candy development One Hyde Park are notoriously shy about revealing their identities. Now a six-month investigation has revealed that oil baronesses, Kazakh singers and Arab sheikhs are all members of the small and exclusive club of owners.  Exclusive: One Hyde Park apartments are owned by a roll call of the some of the world’s richest people.

Policeman Among 5 Killed as JTF, Gunmen clash

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Five people including a policeman and suspected Boko Haram members died at the weekend during a clash between the military Joint Task Force (JTF) and the Islamist sect near Potiskum in Yobe State. JTF spokesman in Yobe, Lt. Eli Lazarus said the task force conducted a ‘cordon and search’ in Yindiski area in Potiskum, at about 2pm on Saturday, leading to a bloody clash between the soldiers and Boko Haram, noting that five persons were killed while 59 suspects were arrested.

A Leader Wants Inter-Tribal Marriages Among NYSC Members

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Abuja -The Ardo Fulani of Suleja, Alhaji Gidado Ibrahim, on Wednesday called for inter-tribal marriages among youth corps members to foster unity among Nigerians. Ibrahim made the call in an interview when he visited the NYSC 2012 batch C corps members posted to Abuja at the FCT Orientation Camp, Kubwa.

PhD, MBA Holders among 13,000 People that applied for Dangote Truck Driving Jobs

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In what may be shocking but true, the Dangote Group has said that PhD and MBA Holders were among the over 13,000 applicants who applied for the recent Graduate Executive Truck Driver vacancy.