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Buhari unveils ‘Nigeria at 60’ Logo
As Nigeria approaches Diamond Jubilee, President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday unveiled the logo which will be used in the celebration of the anniversary. The unveiling took place during the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in Abuja, the nation’s capital. It was witnessed by Federal Ministers and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo. Ministers at the meeting include the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola; Minister of Information and Culture, Rauf Aregbesola; Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, among others. The Federal Government had earlier in September called on Nigerians to submit creative ideas that can brand the anniversary which is themed “Together at…
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40% of flight passengers still test Covid-19 positive despite presenting Negative results – PTF
The Federal Government has raised the alarm over fake COVID-19 test results being presented by international flights passenger. Sani Aliyu, the national coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, raised the alarm while appearing before a joint Senate committee on health and aviation. Ibrahim Oloriegbe, chairman, Senate Committee on Health, at the meeting, had expressed concern about the protocols for international flight operations about COVID-19 test requirements. Responding to the concern, Aliyu expressed that some international flight passengers who presented negative COVID-19 results tested positive at arrival in Nigeria. Aliyu said there was an instance in which 40 percent…
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Agriculture: We would have been in trouble by now – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari said Nigeria would have been in trouble by now if his administration had not decided to go back to agriculture. Speaking at a virtual meeting with members of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC) at the State House, in Abuja on Tuesday, President Buhari stressed the position of agriculture in the government’s scheme to reduce joblessness and poverty. “For us to bounce back to productivity, especially in agriculture, the unemployed with many of them uneducated had to be persuaded to go into agriculture,” Buhari said. ‘‘If we hadn’t gone back to the lands we would have been…
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2023: Northern APC Members are Laughing at Tinubu – Adeyanju
Human rights activist, Deji Adeyanju has suggested that Bola Tinubu, the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, will not have the support of members of the party from the core north as he aspires to take over from President Muhammadu Buhari come 2023. Adeyanju said that APC members from the core north, who are nursing ambitions to become President in 2023, are laughing at Tinubu. The activist was responding to Femi Fani-Kayode, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who had earlier attacked Tinubu over his broadcast ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State Tinubu had…
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If Buhari doesn’t retrace his steps, there will be no Nigeria left in 2023 – FFK
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani Kayode says there will be Nigeria left in 2023 if Buhari doesn’t retrace his steps and every region goes its separate ways In a post he shared on Facebook he stated that Nigerians no longer have love for each other as we have become a failed state of shattered dreams at the brink another civil war. He further stated that President Buhari has disintegrated Nigeria and with this, history will judge him and posterity will not be kind to him. See his statement below: ”In 2015 I said Buhari WOULD divide Nigeria, you didn’t…
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Edo Election: You cannot extend your political empire to Edo – Obaseki replies Tinubu
Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki has faulted claims made by the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in a televised broadcast on Tuesday. On Tuesday, the APC Chieftain urged the citizens and residents of Edo State not to vote for Obaseki as he is a dictator adding that they should go out and vote en-masse for Ize-Iyamu. Reacting to the broadcast, Obaseki expressed that Tinubu cannot extend his political empire to Edo State, noting that Edo people were determined to end godfatherism in the state. Obaseki said this in a press statement by his Special…
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Edo Election: Reject Obaseki , he is a dictator – Tinubu tells Edo People
All Progressives Congress (APC) national leader, Bola Tinubu, has urged the people of Edo to reject the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Godwin Obaseki during the forthcoming gubentaorial poll. The former Governor of Lagos state pointed out that Obaseki is a dictator and does not deserve their votes Speaking in a sponsored broadcast on TVC, the former Lagos state governor said: “Obaseki does not deserve any democratic ballot paper. Don’t vote for him, I appeal to all of you. He also accused Obaseki of going against the ideals of democracy by “preventing” some state lawmakers from being sworn…
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Nigerian Lawyers make move to strip AGF of his SAN title
Lawyers in the country have begun a move to strip the Minister for Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami of his Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, title. This is following Malami’s amendment to the rules of professional conduct for legal practitioners (RPC), 2007 as he is said to have removed the requirement for the NBA stamp and seal on court processes. The lawyers accused the Minister of taking the decision without proper consultation and creating room for non-lawyers to submit court processes A group known as the New NBA had written a petition to Malami, asking his Ministry…
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Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo leaves Nigeria for Ghana
Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, leaves Abuja for Accra, Ghana to attend an Extraordinary Summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on the situation in Mali. Prof. Osinbajo, who is representing President Muhammadu Buhari at the summit, will join other leaders in the sub-region to discuss the political crisis in Mali and the security situation in the sub-region at large. Accompanying the Vice President is the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Amb Zubairu Dada. According to a statement by the Vice President’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, the Accra meeting will form part of several efforts by leaders…
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My life is in Danger – Mailafia claims after third visit to DSS
A former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Deputy Governor, Obadiah Mailafia has claimed his life is in danger. Mailafia has been having series of invitations from the Department of State Services (DSS) over a statement he made alleging that a Northern governor is the leader of Boko Haram. On a second invitation, Mailafia refused to honour the invitation but instead filed a lawsuit seeking a restraining order against his invitation by the police. Speaking to reporters in Jos, the Plateau State capital, after he was interrogated for a third time by the DSS, Mailafia said he has been getting threats…
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Blackout to loom Nigeria as Kainji Dam bursts
Some Nigerian states may soon experience blackouts following a sudden burst at the Kainji Hydroelectric Dam in Kainji. The embankments of Kainji dam, one of Nigeria’s hydro-power stations caved in after the opening of the four spillway gates to free surplus water caused by heavy rains. On Sunday, the management, Mainstream Energy Solution Limited, opened the points but discovered that the dam was impounding more water than it should. “We opened the 4 spillway gates because of the water pressure. Now, it is hitting the embarkment and will continue to expand if not reinforced. The embarkment is falling, rocks are…
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Kaduna State Government shuts down betting and gaming centers
The Kaduna Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS) has shut down many Bet9ja and other gaming shops in its ongoing operation to close all unregistered gaming centers in the state. Head of Gaming at KADRIS Liye Anthony stated this in an interview with journalists. According to Anthony, the operation, which began on Thursday, had so far shut down five offices each of Bet9ja and King Bet, two Access Bet offices and one office of Derby Lotto. Section 91 also imposed a 10 per cent tax on every stake money and the winning amount which should be promptly deducted and remitted monthly to…
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