Category: Nation

Afenifere ask Obasanjo to apologise to Oke-Ogun monarchs

Jide Ige

Afenifere, the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, has condemned ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo, for ordering some monarchs in Yoruba land to stand up and sit down during an occasion. Obasanjo, some weeks ago asked the monarchs, who attended a road inauguration, in Iseyin, Oyo State, to stand up and sit down when he and Governor Seyi Makinde entered the venue of the event. To this end, the Afenifere asked the former president to tender an unreserved apology to the purported insulted monarchs. This was part of the resolutions of the association contained in…

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After protracted political tension, France’ Ambassador finally leaves Niger

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France’s ambassador to Niger left the capital Niamey early Wednesday, after weeks of tensions between Paris and the post-coup regime in the West African country that demanded his expulsion. “The ambassador and six colleagues left Niamey around 4:00 am (0300 GMT),” a diplomatic source from the French embassy said.A source in the Niger interior ministry confirmed the departure and said the plane was headed towards Chad. It comes two months after a coup in Niger ousted its pro-Paris president and prompted a souring in relations between France and its former…

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US President, Biden list two Nigerians as special advisers

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Nigerian duo, Osagie Imasogie and Chineye Ogwumike were listed as part of the 12 members of the President’s Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement in the United States announced by the United States President, Joe Biden. The appointment was contained in a statement released by the State House on Wednesday. The members include Silvester Scott Beaman who will chair the council, Mimi E. Alemayehou, Rosalind Brewer, Viola Davis, Helene D. Gayle, Patrick Hubert Gaspard, C.D. Glin, Osagie Imasogie, Almaz Negash, Chinenye Joy Ogwumike, Ham K. Serunjogi, and Kevin Young. The…

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Labour Party backs NLC for nationwide strike

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The leadership of the Labour Party on Wednesday threw its weight behind the planned industrial action of the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress, saying the presidency has been insensitive to the plight of Nigerian workers. The development is coming in the wake of organised Labour’s resolve to ground activities nationwide from October 3 following the failure of the government to successfully implement policies to alleviate the sufferings of the masses after the removal of fuel subsidy. After the 21-day ultimatum given by the NLC lapsed last week, the…

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Ogun lawmaker, 18 others arrested as police burst Sagamu cult groups

Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

Operatives of the Department of State Security Services have reportedly arrested a member of the Ogun State House of Assembly representing Sagamu Constituency I, Hon. Damilare Mohammed and six others suspected cultists within the lawmaker’s legislative quarters, Abeokuta, the state capital. Mohammed was alleged to have been providing shelter to the six fleeing suspected cultists who were allegedly fingered in the recent four days of clashes among rival cult groups in Sagamu, which has claimed eight lives. The development is a follow up the arrest of about 19 persons suspected…

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Moi Verses

Jide Ige

Our Languages, Not Inferior to Any A few years ago, I took a three months short term course in French language. I did it solely in pursuit of more knowledge, in addition to what are in my kitty and as the saying goes, no knowledge gained is wasted. Fortunately for me, it provided an opportunity to learn some other lessons beyond the ability to speak the language. It gave me an eye opener to the fact that no language is superior to the other and every language has its own…

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CBN postpones September MPC meeting as Cardozo resumes as Governor

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The Central Bank of Nigeria has postponed the Monetary Policy Committee’s 293rd meeting, which was scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, September 25 and 26, 2023 just as newly appointed Central Bank Governor, Olayemi Cardozo and four deputies resumed at the apex bank’s Abuja head office. According to a press statement by the bank’s Director of Corporate Communications, Dr Isa AbdulMumin, “The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria has deferred its 293rd meeting scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, September 25 and 26, 2023, respectively. “A new date will…

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Army rescues Gusau Varsity’s six female students kidnapped by Zamfara bandits

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The Nigerian Army has rescued six abducted female students of the Federal University Gusau in Zamfara State. It was not clear if there were more students kidnapped by terrorists from their hostels on Friday morning. TVCNews reports that the kidnapped students were rescued by Operation Hadarin Daji of the Nigerian Army. Bandits reportedly kidnapped a significant number of mostly female students of the Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State, in the early hours of Friday. An indigene of Sabon Gida village, Abubakar Sani, told The PUNCH that the bandits, who were…

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Buhari is human, regrets some decisions taken in office -Ex-Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

Femi Adesina, former President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, said, on Wednesday, that the ex-President regretted some of the decisions he took while in office and felt he could have done some things better. According to Adesina, who was a guest at a programme tagged ‘Media Dialogue with Femi Adesina’ organised by the Association of Veteran Journalists in Osun State, such is normal for any human being. He said before Buhari left office, he had a two-hour chat with him, during which he asked all manner of…

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Kano calm as Gov. Abba vows to appeal loss at tribunal

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Kano State continued to remain calm as residents of the ancient city complied with the 24-hour curfew imposed on the state by the government even as the State Governor, Abba Yusuf, vowed to appeal the judgement of the governorship election tribunal which nullified his election and declared the APC candidate, Nasiru Yusuf Gawauna as the winner. Gov, Yusuf made the declaration while making a broadcast to the people of the state. He said his legal team had been directed to appeal the judgement at the court of appeal in order…

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FG raises salaries for all tertiary institution workers

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The Federal Government, through the National Salaries, Wages and Income Commission, has approved payment of a newly approved percentage increment in salaries for academic and non-academic staff of all its tertiary institutions across the country, The PUNCH has learnt. This is as the percentage increment for junior staff of tertiary institutions was raised from 23.5% which was reviewed last year to 25%. Our correspondent gathered that the arrears of the increment from January 2023 will also be paid. Though nothing was said about the withheld salaries of the academics and…

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‘Nigeria is home for business opportunities’ Tinubu tells Nigerians in Diaspora

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President Bola Tinubu in an address to Nigerians living in the United States has stated the importance of their presence back in the county urging them to “forget the frustration of the previous years’ leadership saying Nigeria is home for business opportunities.” During a town hall meeting organised by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission on the sidelines of the 78th UN General Assembly session in New York, on Wednesday night, Tinubu encouraged Nigerians abroad to adopt a success-oriented mindset to overcome challenges in their pursuits. The meeting, organised by NiDCOM,…

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MohBad: Police exhumes body preparatory for autopsy, arrests nurse

Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the exhumation of the corpse of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba popularly known as Mohbad on Thursday. The police also arrested the nurse who reportedly injected the deceased singer prior to his demise on Tuesday, September 12, PUNCH Metro can confirm. The Lagos State Police Command Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the developments to our correspondent in an exclusive telephone interview on Thursday. “Mohbad’s corpse has been exhumed today, and an autopsy will begin as soon as possible,” Hundeyin said. However,…

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After three escape, Abuja NOUN female student found dead in bush days after declared missing

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Blessing Karami, an undergraduate student of the National Open University of Nigeria, Abuja, has been found dead in the woods in the Karimo area of the Federal Capital Territory days after she was declared missing on September 11, The deceased was earlier declared missing after she reportedly left her place of work in the Garki area of Abuja before closing hour on September 11, 2023. Genesis Karami, Divisional Police Headquarters, Durumi, Abuja, has reportedly arrested one Aminu, said to be the boyfriend to the deceased, after an interrogation over her…

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NNPC sacks all management staff

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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has compulsorily retired all management staff with less than 15 months to statutory retirement. In an early Tuesday morning announcement, the company declared that the retirement of the affected workers was with immediate effect, stressing that the move would support its business objectives. The national oil firm disclosed this via its official X (formerly Twitter) handle, as it said, “In our bid to pursue effective organisational renewal to support the delivery of our strategic business objectives, it has become imperative to rejuvenate our workforce.…

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Dangote refinery to wait till November to process Nigerian crude oil

Jasmin Ekua, Banking & Finance

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery is currently importing crude oil and expects its first crude cargo in two weeks’ time, the Executive Director, Dangote Group, Devakumar Edwin, has revealed. Although the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited trades crude oil on behalf of Nigeria, Edwin in an interview with S&P Global Commodity Insights on Monday, said the NNPCL had committed its crude to other entities. The Dangote refinery boss did not disclose the other entities receiving the oil company’s crude but NNPC disclosed last month it had entered into a $3bn crude…

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Kano tribunal declares APC’s Gawuna as winner, sacks NNPP’s Abba as governor

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The Kano State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, on Wednesday, sacked the state governor, Yusuf Abba, of the New Nigeria People’s Party. The three-man panel led by Justice Oluyemi Akintan-Osadebay commenced proceedings virtually a few minutes before 10:00 am transmitting at Miller Road venue of the tribunal. The court invalidated Yusuf’s election as Kano State governor and declared candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Nasir Gawuna as the winner of the election. The court directed the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC to withdraw the certificate of return earlier issued to…

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‘Almost all our debtors are in litigation with us’ – AMCON laments how the judiciary is stalling debt recovery efforts

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*From all indications, the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) may still have a long way to go in meeting its recovery mandate as the majority of 350 individuals and business entities with 84 per cent of the yet-to-be-recovered debts have tied AMCON down in courts, a situation that has stalled efforts to resolve the cases. Mr Ahmed Lawan Kuru OFR, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON); Mr Ayodele Aminu, Managing Director of New Telegraph newspaper, Mr Mojeed Jamiu, Executive Editor Upshot Reports, and Mr Jude…

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Africa’s Finest: 6th Edition of The GTCO Fashion Weekend Holds in November

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The Fashion Industry is in for another exciting experience as the GTCO Fashion Weekend returns for its 6th edition in November. The highly anticipated event is scheduled to hold on November 11th and 12th, 2023, at the GTCentre, Plot 1 Water Corporation Drive, Oniru, Lagos. The GTCO Fashion Weekend is an annual consumer-focused fair designed to showcase the best of Africa’s Finest fashion to a global audience. Over the years, the event has firmly established its place as an incubator for diverse talent, creativity, and enterprise in fashion retail, bringing…

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Bitten by the bug: Rwanda’s Kagame set to run for fourth term as President

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Rwandan President Paul Kagame has said for the first time that he plans to run for a fourth term in elections due to be held next year. “Yes, I am indeed a candidate,” Kagame, who has ruled over the country with an iron fist for decades, told Jeune Afrique, a French-language news magazine, in an interview published online on Tuesday. “I am pleased with the confidence that Rwandans have placed in me. I will always serve them, as long as I can,” the 65-year-old was quoted as saying. The Rwandan…

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OBJ disowns wife over apology to Yoruba Obas

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Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo has disowned his wife, Taiwo Obasanjo, barely 24 hours after she pleaded with all Yoruba worldwide to forgive the elder statesman over his statement at Iseyin, Oyo state during Friday’s inauguration of projects executed by the state Governor, Seyi Makinde Taiwo in a report titled, “Oyo Kings: A plea for forgiveness”, begged “for permanent and eternal forgiveness and pardon from all Yoruba sons and daughters worldwide, fathers and mothers, youths, teenagers and children, Christians, Muslims, traditional worshippers, all leaders in Yoruba land and the Council of Kings…

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AMCON insists on standard practice to resolve issues with Arik Air

Jasmin Ekua, Banking & Finance

Mr Ahmed Lawan Kuru OFR, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON); Mr Ayodele Aminu, Managing Director of New Telegraph newspaper, Mr Mojeed Jamiu, Executive Editor Upshot Reports, and Mr Jude Chiedozie Nwauzor, Head, Corporate Communications Department, AMCON at the Media Parley hosted by AMCON in Lagos on Monday “The challenge of Sir Arumemi Johnson’s Arik Air Limited (in Receivership) under the auspices of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), may seem difficult, but the situation is not irredeemable. There is always a way out of…

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‘The oath I took same day with Gov. Akeredolu says four years, I didn’t resign’ – Ayedatiwa, Ondo Dep. Gov.

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The Ondo State Deputy Governor, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, on Friday, denied signing a pre-resignation letter as rumoured in some quarters. This was contained in a statement he issued on Friday. The statement was tiled, ‘re purported pre-signed resignation letter’. The statement read, “My attention has been drawn to a rumour of a purported pre-signed resignation letter, signed by me, being circulated in the public domain. “I wish to state that I, Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, the Deputy Governor of Ondo State have not, do not intend and will not sign/author any…

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The ‘Ice’ I took caused it, says farm worker who beheaded Ondo farmer

Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

A farm worker based in Ofosu in Idanre Local Government Area of Ondo State, Sunday Clement has pleaded guilty to murdering a farmer in the town, Taye Alatoye, saying a particular hard drug called Ice, that he took that day prompted him to commit the crime. He said, “We were both going, and we greeted each other on the path. The spirit just came over me to cut off Taye’s head. I can’t actually say what led to it. I think it was the ‘Ice’ I took in the hot…

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Tinubu names Olayemi Cardoso as CBN Governor, appoints four deputies

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President Bola Tinubu on Friday approved the nomination of Dr. Olayemi Cardoso as the new Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria for a term of five years at the first instance, pending his confirmation by the Senate.⁣ ⁣ “This directive is in conformity with Section 8 (1) of the Central Bank of Nigeria Act, 2007, which vests in the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the authority to appoint the Governor and four Deputy Governors for the Central Bank of Nigeria, subject to confirmation by the Senate of…

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Mosun Omokunga writes for National Infinity

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Mosunmola Omokunga, a writer, social analyst, public speaker and commentator, has joined the editorial board of National Infinity Magazine as a guest columnist. Ms. Omokunga holds two diplomas in International Relations and Diplomacy as well as Industrial and Labour Relations from the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, she also has a BSc. in Entrepreneurship and Business Management from the National Open University of Nigeria alongside other media and business consultant as well as an influencer on health and beauty matters. A political analyst, Life coach and cultural awareness campaigner, Ms…

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Aniocha Reps Ticket: Appeal Court sacks Elumelu declares Okolie winner

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The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, has set aside the judgment of the National and State House of Assembly Election Tribunal in Asaba, Delta State. The court affirmed the candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Ngozi Okolie, as the duly elected lawmaker. In February Ngozi Okolie of LP polled a total vote of 53,879 to defeat the incumbent minority leader Elumelu of the Peoples Democratic Party who pulled 33,456 while Tony Nwaake of APC polled 11, 712 votes However, the National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in…

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Oyo Govt. to demolish illegal properties in Akanran

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The Oyo State Government will soon commence the demolition of illegal properties and structures built on government land in Akanran, Ona-Ara Local government. This was as the Commissioner for Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Mr. Williams Akin-Funmilayo warned encroachers to vacate Government Land with immediate effect. The Ministry of lands helmsman hinted that it has been observed that a lot of people in the state have encroached on Government lands, and this is disturbing the masterplan of the state. Mr. Akin Funmilayo stated that the Omituntun 2.0 agenda will not…

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MohBad’s life of struggles, late singer’s partner laments

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

The partner of the late Nigerian artiste, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, aka MohBad, has disclosed the singer “struggled till death”. The lady, identified as Wunmi, also claimed that the singer was never “happy for a whole day”. Wunmi, who took to her Instagram handle @c33why to share a picture of the baby she had with the singer, claimed the late artiste was called a junkie so the public could have another perception of him. She said the former Marlian record signee always lived with fears, adding that his worry doubled after…

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Tinubu is my classmate, man claims

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

Durojaiye Ogunsanya, a data and public affairs analyst, has said he can confirm that President Bola Tinubu attended the Chicago State University, United States of America. Tinubu’s certificate from the university has remained a hot topic among many who wondered why no one could corroborate the President’s story. In an interview with TVC News on Tuesday, Ogunsanya affirmed that the President did attend Chicago State University and that they both graduated in 1979. Ogunsanya said, “We met in the school, Chicago State University and we were in the same department,…

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NLC threatens indefinite nationwide strike over failed subsidy talk

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

Barely one week after leading a two-day nationwide warning strike, the organised labour on Tuesday threatened to begin an indefinite strike should the Federal Government fail to meet its demands at the end of a 21-day ultimatum which will expire in approximately one week’s time. The workers union said the proposed strike was necessary following the failure of the Federal Government to provide palliatives to assuage the Nigerians hardships as a result of the fuel subsidy removal. The Nigeria Labour Congress said the industrial action which may commence any day…

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Abuja family pays N2.8m as ransom to free mother and daughters

Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

Three members of an Abuja based family, Mistura Olasinde and her two daughters, Hauwa and Fatima, residents of Starwood Estate, Galadimawa, in the Federal Capital Territory, were abducted on Friday, September 8, 2023. Mistura’s husband, Surajudeen Olasinde, a staff member of the Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria, revealed that the incident happened at Kabusa Garden Estate while his wife and children were driving home in their Toyota Highlander from Garki to Starwood Estate located in-between Galadimawa and Lokokogoma areas of Abuja, where they…

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Gift David Okpara Okpolowu: See the face of the cult leader who murdered Rivers Police DPO

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Pictures of Gift David Okpara Okpolowu (a.k.a. 2-Baba), the leader of the Iceland Cult gang who has an N100 million bounty on his head for allegedly leading the attack that led to the brutal murder of a Divisional Police Officer, DPO Bako Angbashim of Ahoada Division in Rivers State have emerged. Rivers governor, Siminalayi Fubara, had on Saturday evening placed a bounty of N100 million on the head of 2-Baba over the murder of the DPO around the Odiemudie Community in the Ahoada East Local Government Area of the state.…

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Police narrates gory details of how cultists murdered Rivers’ DPO, vows to revenge

Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Emeka Nwonyi, has said the late Divisional Police Officer of Ahoada, Bako Angbashim, played into the hands of his killers. Nwonyi revealed that the cultists had sold a dummy to the late Superintendent of Police that they were ready to turn in their arms if they would be granted amnesty in return. He disclosed this during a solidarity protest by a human rights advocate, Charles Jaja, at the headquarters of the state Police Command in Port Harcourt on Monday. Nwonyi expressed regret that the…

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Army establishes special forces to tackle insecurity -COAS, Lagbaja says sit-at-home has ended in South-East

Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, has said the sit-at-home order enforced by the Indigenous People of Biafra across the South-East states has ended. IPOB in August 2021 commenced the sit-at-home order to demand the release of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, from prison. The order impacted the economy in the region and resulted in the loss of lives and properties of residents in the South-East. Speaking at the COAS combined second and third quarters conference in Abuja on Tuesday, Lagbaja said the menace ended as a result…

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Way out of dialysis as scientists invent artificial kidney

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Scientists at the University of California San Francisco have developed a bioreactor device that uses human kidney cells cultured in the laboratory and mimics some of the key functions of a kidney. The device, according to the scientists, could one day free people from needing dialysis or having to take harsh drugs to suppress their immune system after a transplant. The scientists said the device has been successfully tested in pigs for a week with no obvious side effects or issues. According to the statement on the university’s website, the…

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Labour Party loses three Reps from Peter Obi’s stronghold

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the Labour Party has lost thre members of house of representatives from Abia State in the South East zone considered as its presidential candidate, Peter Obi’s political stronghold. The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Umuahia, the Abia State capital had on Monday sacked three House of Representatives’ members elected on the platform of the Labour Party. A panel of the tribunal led by Justice Adeyinka Aderibigbe had sacked the member representing Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency, Mr Ibe Okwara Osunwa, for non-compliance with the electoral act 2022, in a petition…

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Oyo Govt. pays 92 pensioners N206m gratuities

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No fewer than 92 pensioners in Oyo State on Monday received cheques worth N208 million as gratuities from the Oyo State government. This, according to the Commissioner for Establishments and Training, Hon. Adeniyi Adebisi, is in fulfillment of Governor Seyi Makinde’s promise to the executives of Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), Oyo State Chapter. The Commissioner for Establishments and Training, Hon. Adeniyi Adebisi made the disclosure during an interactive session with the Executives of the Nigerian Union of Pensioners, Oyo State Chapter and the symbolic presentation of cheques to some…

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Model Smart School: Oyo conducts e-based entrance exam for 1,395 pupils

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No fewer than One Thousand, three hundred and Ninety-five pupils, on Monday sat for the year 23/24 e-based Entrance Examination into Oyo State Model Smart School. The pupils were tested in English language, Mathematics and General knowledge at the Smart School, Sogunro, Akinyele Local Government Area, Ibadan. The Executive Secretary, SUBEB, Jacob Dairo stated that the exercise was smooth and hitch free in the centre, adding that seven hundred and ninety-six candidates were disqualified, as a result of double entry. Mr. Dairo, added that the turnout was very impressive. The…

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Oyo Govt. promises to rid Oke-Ogun of insecurity

Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

The Oyo State Government has said it remained committed to winning the war against insecurity in Oke-Ogun Zone. The Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Barr. Bayo Lawal said this on Thursday, during a Stakeholders meeting ahead of the 2024 fiscal year, held at Kisi for all the Local Government in Oke-Ogun Zone II. The Deputy Governor added that the present administration would stop at nothing to ensure citizens are safe in all zones in the State. He commended the efforts of security outfits at ensuring peace and stability in the…

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Emirates, Etihad to resume flight operations as UAE lifts visa ban on Nigeria

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Visa ban on Nigerian travellers to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been lifted with immediate effect. The development is the product of engagement between President Bola Tinubu and President of the UAE, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The two leaders, on Monday in Abu Dhabi, finalized the historic agreement, which has resulted in the immediate cessation of the visa ban placed on Nigerian travellers. With the agreement, both Etihad Airlines and Emirates Airlines are to immediately resume flight schedules into and out of Nigeria, without any further delay. Also,…

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Vigilante group arrest 3 as victim dies while removing ‘mercury’ from hunchback

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A Rivers State-based vigilance group, ONELGA OSPAC, said its men arrested three persons, including two pastors, over the death of a 24-year-old man, Lucky, in the Port Harcourt area of the state. Lucky reportedly died after an operation to remove his hunchback. An officer with the Planning and Advisory Committee of the security group, codenamed OSPAC, told Sunday PUNCH that the suspects were nabbed while trying to flee Port Harcourt. One of the suspects, who was said to be the pastor of a new generation church in Osiakpo, near Omoku…

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Why we did it, Ogala explains why Tinubu’s legal teams watermarked PEPC judgement copy

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

The Tinubu Presidential Legal Team has responded to the controversy over its watermark on the widely circulated copies of the judgement of the Presidential Elections Petition Tribunal. The watermarked copy had been a subject of controversy especially on social media with critics alleging a sinister move. Responding to the criticism, TPLT coordinator, Babatunde Ogala, in a statement on Saturday berated the critics for insinuating the watermark was a result of pre-determined manipulations saying there was nothing untoward to it. He explained that they watermarked their copy of the judgement after…

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PDP queries Tinubu’s legal team’s water mark on PEPC judgement

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Hours after the release of the Certified True Copy of the Presidential Elections Petition Tribunal’s judgment affirming the election of Bola Tinubu as President, the camp of the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has faulted the appearance of the watermark of the legal team of the President on the CTC. In a statement issued by the Special Assistant on Public Communications to the former Vice President, Mr. Phrank Shaibu, the camp urged the PEPT to clear on the controversy in the interest of teeming Nigerians. The statement read in…

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More trouble in the house as Kwankwaso’s faction moves to amend NNPP’s constitution, change logo

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The crisis rocking the leadership of the New Nigeria Peoples Party took a new dimension as a faction of the party loyal to ex=Kano state governor and the party’s flag bearer in the 2023 presidential election, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso move to amend the party’s constitution and logo. The decision to amend the constitution was confirmed during an exclusive interview with the National Auditor of NNPP, Ladipo Johnson by Saturday PUNCH. The development is coming three days after the faction of the party under the leadership of Major Agbo expelled the…

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Marwa: The Icon turns 70, by Femi Babafemi

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If there is anyone who is not undaunted by difficult assignments—someone society can bank on to take on an existential problem and find a lasting solution to it—that must be Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd). If you put the country’s biggest problem on the table and ask Nigerians for suggestions of trusted hands capable of solving it, he will be one of the obvious choices for many citizens across generations and ethnicities. It is not surprising that his name comes to mind quickly. In three cycles, he has proven…

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Garlands for Mohamed Buba Marwa @70

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On Saturday, September 9, 2023, Brigadier-General (rtd) Mohamed Buba Marwa, former Military Administrator of Borno State, Lagos State and now Chairman/Chief Executive of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) will be 70 years old. His Chef Press Secretary, Sina Ogunbambo, when he was Military Administrator of Lagos State from August 21, 1996 to May 29, 1999, pays a tribute to this living legend. “On the day that God was making baby Mohamed Buba Marwa, three Angels were on hand to give a helping hand. They were the Angels of beauty,…

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Obasanjo not dead, aide reacts to fake news video

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Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo’s media aide, Kehinde Akinyemi,has reacted to claim in a viral video that the former Nigerian President is dead. According to Dubawa, a WhatsApp video suggesting Obasanjo was dead went viral on Tuesday, September 5, 2023. WhatsApp video claims Obasanjo is dead The fact-checking platform said the video was captioned in French – “DÉCÈS DE L’ANCIEN PRÉSIDENT DU NIGERIA OLUSHEGUN OBASANJO” translated as “DEATH OF FORMER PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA OLUSEGUN OBASANJO”. However, the former president’s name was wrongly spelt as Olushegun in the caption. The 12-second video with…

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PEPT: Abuja not more important than any state, tribunal rules

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The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal has declared that the Federal Capital Territory does not hold a higher status than other states in the country. Justice Haruna Tsammani, the lead judge of the five-man panel declared this during the tribunal’s sitting on Wednesday in Abuja. According to him, Section 134 (1) and (2) of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria (as amended) stipulates that a presidential candidate must attain or score a majority of votes cast in a presidential election, where two or more candidates are involved, and at least 25% in…

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