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(Nigeria) A civil society organisation in Anambra State,   South East Nigeria, International Society for Civil Liberties & the Rule of Law, Intersociety, has warned of the consequences of granting President Muhammadu Buhari emergency powers, noting that there was no guarantee that same would not be abused.

(Nigeria) A 36-year-old man, Ezechi Uwazie who allegedly abducted a 17-year-old girl, has appeared before a Surulere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos.

(Nigeria) President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday launched the revised National Counter Terrorism Strategy, NACTEST, urging Nigerians to team up to win the psychological battle against terrorism.

*Gowon and Buhari (Nigeria) Former Head of State,   Gen. Yakubu Gowon (retd) on Tuesday in Abuja lauded the efforts and determination of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to rid the country of corruption.

(Nigeria) Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship aspirant in Ondo State, Jimoh Ibrahim, has filed a suit against the Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led caretaker committee of the party.

(Nigeria) A member of Kaduna State House of Assembly, Ibrahim Ismail, has been abducted.

(Nigeria) The Nigerian Army on Tuesday reiterated its commitment to continue to protect the territorial integrity of the country.

(Nigeria) Community leaders in upland oil producing area of Delta State have appealed to militant group under the aegis of Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate to dialogue with the Federal Government instead of destroying oil pipelines.

*President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria (Nigeria) President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday pledged that the anti-corruption crusade in the country would be deepened and institutionalized to last beyond the life of the current administration.

Wife of the Rivers State Governor, Justice Eberechi Suzzette Nyesom-Wike and the Chief Judge of Rivers State, Justice Adama Iyayi-Lamikanra at the Special Session of the International Federation of Women Lawyers, FIDA, during the ongoing 56th NBA National Conference in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. (Nigeria) Wife of   the   Rivers State Governor, Justice Eberechi Suzzette Nyesom-Wike has called on women lawyers to partner      other women professional groups to protect less privileged   women and children in the country.

(Nigeria) Next month,   a group of 30 young Nigerians with vibrant technology-based ideas and innovations will be welcomed to Aso Rock, reflective of the Muhamadu Buhari administration's appreciation of the enormous creativity among Nigerian youths.

*Justice A. Liman of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State (Nigeria) A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Tuesday, restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from announcing the result of the suspended re-run election in Tai Local Government Area of Rivers State.

A roadside bomb killed an American soldier Tuesday near the capital of Afghanistan's volatile Helmand province, following the first major United States deployment to the southern city since foreign forces withdrew in 2014.

*John Kerry,  United States Secretary of State (Nigeria) The United States Secretary of State, Mr John Kerry, has said that the world lost $2.6 trillion to corruption annually.

(Nigeria) Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court on Tuesday returned the case file of Oron (Akwa Ibom) federal constituency pre-election dispute to chief judge for reassignment.

*Late Okon Edet Iwang, dangling in front of his room (Nigeria) A 67 Year old retiree, Mr. Okon Edet Iwang, who resides at 13B Ekpo Iso Lane, Ikot Ansa in Calabar Municipality, Cross River State, was on Tuesday morning found dangling with a rope round his neck in front of his room.

(Nigeria) Former governor of Edo State, Prof. Oserheimen Osunbor, said he was declared disloyal by Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, his refusing to share the state’s resources to party leaders.

(Nigeria) An Ikeja Magistrates' Court in Lagos on Tuesday slammed a N350,000 bail on each of two friends, Tunde Komolafe (29), and Grey Owolabi (32), for allegedly raping a 35-year-old woman.

(Nigeria) The All Progressives Congress, APC, Chairman in Ondo State, Chief Isaac Kekemeke, says the party will not manipulate the process of the Aug. 27 governorship primary in the state.

(Nigeria) The Organised Labour has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige to immediately prevail on the governors of Benue, Imo and Nasarawa states to respect   Nigeria labour law, stop wage cut and arbitrary redeployment of workers to the farms as a way of avoiding full pay.

*Information and Culture Minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed (Nigeria) The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has reassured the Artists’   Village community at the National Theatre, Lagos, that the government has not abandoned them.

(Nigeria) The Department of State Services, DSS, said it had arrested 23 suspects between July and August in furtherance to its ongoing tactical and counter-terrorism operations to degrade capabilities of criminal gangs/syndicates nationwide.

(Nigeria) No fewer than eight persons were killed on Monday in Talata-Mafara community in Zamfara State following violence that erupted over alleged blasphemy by a student of Abdu Gusau Polytechnic, Talata-Mafara.

(Nigeria) Troops of 33 Brigade, Nigerian Army, have killed 3 armed kidnappers and destroyed their camps in Bauchi State.

Church, The Rev. Nzie Nsi Eke at the meeting.   He is flanked on his left by Prelate Emeritus, Most Rev. Dr. Ubon Usung and on   his right by the Principal Clerk, Rev. Eseme David William. (Nigeria) The Presbyterian Church of Nigeria has said a comprehensive implementation of the report and recommendations of the 2014 National Conference will restore some balance in the structure of the federation and help to rebuild trust and confidence among the ethnic nationalities of project Nigeria, and thus promote national unity.

*Joe-Kyra Gadzama SAN (Nigeria) A presidential candidate in the June 30 and 31, July, 2016 national election of the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, Mr Joe-Kyra Gadzama SAN, has told an Abuja High Court that he polled 2,963 votes in the association’s presidential election rather than the 2,384 announced by the electoral committee.

*Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi (Nigeria) Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari, for sanctioning the construction of the abandoned Oyo-Ogbomoso end of the Ibadan-Ilorin expressway.

(Nigeria) A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Nigerian Police and Inspector General of Police to disclose to Media Rights Agenda, MRA, information relating to practices and procedures for the classification of records and documents held by the Police.

(Nigeria) Despite being in power for over 15 months and with the prevailing harsh economic situation in the country,   the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, on Monday, said that the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, should come clean and tender an unreserved apology to Nigerians for their disastrous 16-year rule that has left the people pauperised and traumatised.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (r) and Liberia Vice President, Joseph Boakai at the State House, Abuja . (Nigeria) African nations have to work together especially in developing their economies for the benefit of their people ahead of other forms of international cooperation.

*Rivers State governor, Mr Nyesom  Wike (Nigeria) Rivers State governor, Mr Nyesom  Wike has berated the Nigerian Police for being partisan and taking sides in an internal party squabble by deciding to execute an interim injunction on the Poeples Democratic Party, PDP National Convention when there was a judgment directing the Police and the Department of State Services, DSS, to provide security for the August 17, PDP National Convention.

(Nigeria) An advocacy group, Transparency Initiative, has petitioned President Muhammadu Bbuhari over an alleged rot in the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, NCAT, Zaria.

(Nigeria) A former Nigerian Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (retd), has described prayer as a formidable weapon that can solve the nation’s many challenges better and faster.

(Nigeria) The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Edo State said on Monday that it had commenced voter education to stem voter apathy during the September 10 governorship election in the state.

(Nigeria) The recently reported meeting of the leadership of the House of Representatives, whereby the group passed a vote of confidence on itself, and consequently exculpating its members accused of ‘budget padding’ has been described as unfortunate, ridiculous and tantamount to being “a judge in one’s own case.”

(Nigeria) Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said it was time for Africans to explore the platform created by the ongoing digitization in broadcasting to tell their own story from different perspectives.

(Nigeria) Four years after the 2012 flood disaster in parts of Edo State, many displaced person are still staying in public buildings in the affected local government areas of the state.

*President Tayyip Erdogan  of Turkey At least 51 people were killed when a suicide bomber aged between 12 and 14 attacked guests dancing on the street at a wedding party in the Turkish city of Gaziantep near the Syrian border late on Saturday, the Turkish President said.

*Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State (Nigeria) Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State, has called on political gladiators in the country to uphold democratic tenets as it is practice in other climes to allow for a level playing ground in political activities by other parties as provided for in the country's constitution.

Cross River State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade, exchanging Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with the President of Skipper Seil Group of Company, Mr. Jitender Sachdeva in Government House, Calabar. (Nigeria) In furtherance of his resolve to ensure 24-hour power supply in the state, particularly in Calabar, Cross River State governor, Prof Ben Ayade, has signed a pact with a Dubai based fitm, Skipper Seil, to provide a 100kva solar lighting generating system.

*Edwin Clark (Nigeria) Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, has urged Federal Government to disregard the outcome of Friday’s Niger Delta Stakeholders' Meeting in Warri, Delta State.

  *Ayuba Wabba (Nigeria) The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has said that all state councils where salary liabilities of up to three months exist will apply no pay, no work’ rule.

(Nigeria) TChairman, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Rivers State chapter, Mr Felix Obuah, has reaffirmed that the party would resist any attempt by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to declare results of the March 19, 2016, cancelled legislative ee-run elections in Tai Local Government Area of the state.

(Nigeria) Senator Magnus Abe, All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate for Rivers South East senatorial district in the legislative re-run election, has said that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, did not do the APC a favour in releasing the Tai election results rather it did the needful.

(Nigeria) The Edo State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has alerted the international community and the civil society groups over the use of the Edo State Ministry of Justices and the security agencies to intimidate, harass and detain members of PDP, ahead of the September 10 governorship election.

(Nigeria) The Civil Societies Coalition for Emancipation of Osun State, CSCEOS, has expressed dissatisfaction over the spending of whopping N140million by the state government on the 25th anniversary celebration of the state.

Rivers State Governor, Mr Nyesom Wike, Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Rwanda, Mr Busingye Johnston during a courtesy visit by the Justice Ministers at the Government House, Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Saturday. (Nigeria) By Simeon Nwakaudu No doubt,   the creation of a new Rivers State by Governor Nyesom Wike is still a work in progress. However,   the   truth is that he has achieved   significant   milestones   that cannot be ignored by all lovers of development.

(Nigeria) Niger Delta militant group, Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, has said that it was ready to observe ceasefire, following the plea by elders of the region.

(Nigeria) The Federal Government has deducted a total sum of N32bn from allocations to states from the Federation Account in the month of April 2016 for different loans they incurred.

(Nigeria) The Edo State chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Dan Orbih has described as a 'big lie,' the claims in an affidavit by the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate, Mr Godwin Obaseki, that he spent only three years from 1973 to 1976 to obtain a Bachelor's degree in Classics from the University of Ibadan.