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Bride Price Not The Issue In Igboland, But Unilateral Marriage Rites.

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Elders in Igboland should unite and present a uniformed Bride Price and Traditional rites as regards what kinsmen, umuada, umu agboho, etc should be given. In so doing the arbitrary Bride Price and Traditional rites of gifts for various bodies will not be as abused as is obtained today. If a palm wine tapper can marry in a community, what stops a man from USA? There should be a standard bride price for the rich and the poor tapper.

Guild Of Professional Bloggers Of NIgeria (GPBN) Holds Inaugural Lecture In Lagos Nigeria.

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The Guild of Professional Bloggers of Nigeria (GPBN) Holds Inaugural Lecture In Lagos Unfolding events in the country in the last few weeks have exposed the dangers inherent in using the cyberspace to convey credible information and messages as almost every piece of news items that is broadcast online has fake versions. As the pioneer platform for Professional Bloggers in Nigeria, the Guild of Professional Bloggers of Nigeria (GPBN) is throwing its weight towards the global efforts to wage war against bogus or counterfeit news and messages that have taken over the cyber space with its inaugural lecture focusing attention on the menace. The GPBN Inaugural Lecture is billed to have seasoned public analysts, communication experts, Politicians, celebrities, professional bloggers as well as other media moguls speak to the issues around fake news in Nigeria’s cyber space. The event is scheduled to hold as follows: DATE: Saturday, October 13, 2018 THEME: Combating Fake News In

Indepthnewss Headline News In Some Nigeria Newspapers Today.

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PANDEF condemns alleged Shells invasion of seized flow station Edo warns churches, religious leaders against human trafficking Court orders arrest of Senator Uzodinma over N200m dud cheque Fayose writes again, accuses EFCC of hatred, persecution Oyo shuts Obasanjo Farms in Ibadan Ortom not a betrayer, respects Gemade Govs aide Benue assembly approves N3.5bn loan request by Ortom Catholic women donate to IDPs, urge govt to end killings Decide electoral cases on merit, CJN warns judges Anti-Buhari coalition alleges plot to attack National Assembly leaders PDP flays INEC for banning smartphones at polling units Buhari orders FGs agencies to support flood victims Dont sell your votes for peanuts Forum Agencies contradict each other over water pollution in Niger Shehu of Borno laments bad roads Unilever leads hygiene campaign with Lifebuoy re-launch BBOG, ICRC, UNICEF demand rescue of Sharibu, others Salako advises trado-medical practitioners on know

Nigeria Finance Minister Throws In The Towel Over Alleged NYSC Certificate Forgery.

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Nigeria President, Muhammadu Buhari welcomes finance minister resignation with this Press Release on Friday. A new minister was approved in person of Zanaib Ahmed who was the minister of state for budget and national planning. STATE HOUSE PRESS STATEMENT PRESIDENT BUHARI ACCEPTS RESIGNATION OF FINANCE MINISTER, KEMI ADEOSUN President Muhammadu Buhari Friday accepted the resignation of the Hon. Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun. The President thanked the Minister for her services to the nation and wished her well in her future pursuits. The President also approved that the Minister of State Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, should oversee the Ministry of Finance with effect from today. Below is the full text of Mrs Adeosun’s resignation letter. FEMI ADESINA Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity) September 14, 2018.                                                                                                       14th September, 2

World Remembers America 9/11, After 17years.

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On this day  Tuesday September 11, 2001, by 8.46am to 10. 28am (EDT), what looks like a James Bond Film took place in America known as 9/11. A well coordinated terrorist attacks by Islamic terror group Al-Qaeda attacked America. The two plane crashed into the the north and south tower of the World Trade Center. Both building which are 110 and 42 Storey collapsed after 1hr 42 mins, trapping many who are trying to escape including firefighters on the building.

Guild Of Professional Bloggers Holds 1st Annual Lecture In Lagos, Theme Fake News.

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The Guild of Professional Bloggers Of Nigeria is poised to tackle the problem associated with Fake News as it concludes arrangement towards holding its first annual lecture. The event scheduled for Saturday 13th October 2018 will hold at Raddison Blu Hotel, Isaac John Street GRA, Ikeja Lagos. The theme of the lecture is ““Combating Fake News In Cyberspace”  The event according to the organizing committee of the Association will be attended by Nigerians from all walks of life including online media, bloggers, main stream media, those in politics, economy and other stakeholders.

Celebration Of Life, Of Aretha Franklin Queen Of Soul In City of Detroit USA.

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Celebration of life! Of the Queen of soul music! Aretha Franklin who died on 16th of August 2018 in Detroit. She gave 60yrs of her life uplifting lifes through her music. She was described as warm, funny and a lover of life. She sang for Freedom marches during Martin Luther King Jr. Was also there in his funeral. Her music cuts across many types of music making her the first woman to be inducted into the Rock music Hall of Fame. Aretha was also the first to hit the 100million Billboard record sales. A daughter of a pastor. Broke every barrier to be a self made Queen. She was a great philanthropic as she touched the life's of many gospel singers and musicians. She sang at Bill Clinton inauguration as well as Barrack Obama's inauguration. She received the greatest American honour for her diversification in music. Barak Obama sent in a letter which was read in honor of Aretha. The young, old, some on wheelchairs came out today to honor a woman who from 4yrs started