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President Muhammadu Buhari signing President Muhammadu Buhari has declined his assent to the Nigerian Peace Corps (Establishment) Bill passed by the National Assembly in 2017. In a letter read by the speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, on Tuesday, Mr. Buhari cited security concerns and financial implications amongst reasons for his decision. The bill has been widely anticipated by many Nigerians who believe the creation of the corps will partly address the nation’s unemployment crisis. The bill had in late December 2017 arrived the Presidency for possible assent after it was transmitted to President Buhari by the Clerk to the National Assembly, Sani Omolori. The Senate had passed the bill on November 25, 2016, shortly after the House of Representatives passed the same bill. A conference committee of both chambers was inaugurated on December 8, 2016, to harmonise the bill. The House of Representatives laid and adopted its conference report on January 19, 2017...

Life Of Ekene Episode 8 By Ahmed Abdulkabir  Even Sgt.Umoru's words of encouragement in Ekene's head couldn't instigate him to fight back. The militant leader kept on landing blows on Ekene's face like a provoked primary school bully. The blows landed on his face in quick succession, giving him little or no time to think or plan. The leader, satisfied with his brutality, held Ekene's neck. Ekene tried to push the barbaric leader off him, but he was just too strong for his already weak self to handle. Right in the face of death, he felt something sharp in his inner pocket, it was a nail cutter. He reached for the object but all to no avail. The leader of the militants  intensified his grip on him, pressing the life out of Ekene who was fast becoming pale. Death knocked on Ekene's door, everything around him became cold and slow, he couldn't feel his legs and arms anymore, his sights became blur, life was gradually leaving his brutalized body. Then h...