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Covid-19: It costs N400k to treat a patient – El-Rufai
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state has revealed that it costs about N400,000 to treat one COVID-19 patient. The Kaduna state Governor who disclosed this in an executive committee meeting with traditional rulers chaired by the Sultan of Sokoto Sa’ad Abubakar on Monday September 7, called on northern traditional rulers not to relent in spearheading the campaigns to avoid the spread of coronavirus pandemic in the region.
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If we deregulated, shouldn’t the Fuel price have dropped – Atiku asks FG
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has questioned the Federal government on the reported deregulation of the petroleum sector. In a tweet he shared via his official Twitter handle, Atiku asked why the price of petrol isn’t dropping since the government has reportedly embarked on deregulation. According to him, fuel prices in US and Europe are far lower than they were in 2019. ”I am a businessman. I look at things from an economic perspective. Questions beg answers. The price of crude is down from where it was in 2019. In the US and Europe, fuel prices are far lower than…
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Southern Kaduna killings: Stop this madness immediately – Sultan of Sokoto
The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar III has expressed displeasure with the series of killings in Southern Kaduna. During a meeting of Northern Traditional Rulers’ Council in Kaduna on Monday September 7, the monarch described the act as a madness which must stop immediately. He also appealed to Nigerians to stop igniting the Killings based on ethno-religious differences as only innocent children are killed while that of the elites are protected. “No man in his right senses go on a killing spree of innocent people under whatever guise. “If you keep on igniting killings based on ethno-religious differences because it…
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Nollywood Actor, Yekini Oyedepo, ‘baba Legba’ Is Dead
Veteran Nollywood actor, Yekini Oyedele, popularly known as Baba Legba is dead. He was confirmed dead on Monday, September 7. Before his death, Baba Legba was popularly known for playing comic roles along with Baba Sala. His death was confirmed by Comedian, Adejumo Boisala Emmanuel on her Facebook page. The post read: “Alhaji Yekini Oyedele popularly known as Babalegba died in the early hours of Monday (midnight precisely) “He was a friend of the family and was a supporter of my father till his death. He was called Sunday Ikubolaje before he went to Mecca and he converted to a…
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Aisha Buhari reacts to daughter’s wedding cartoon, speaks on crowd at Aso Villa
The first lady of Nigeria, Aisha Buhari has expressed disappointment over a cartoon image of her after her daughters wedding at the presidential villa. The cartoon image which was shared by Daily Trust’s cartoonist, Mustapha Bulama shows the First Lady watching Nigerians drown in a river while she ignored them and shared the wedding invitation of her daughter. The picture depicts the suffering being experienced by Nigerians due to the recent hike in electricity and fuel tariffs by the President Muhammadu Buhari government. There were also reports at the weekend that the first family ignored all COVID-19 protocols as they…
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Buhari’s aide reacts as Ibiyeomie threatens Daddy Freeze
The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Public Affairs, Ajuri Ngelale has reacted to the viral video of Porthacourt-based pastor David Ibiyeomie attacking on-air personality , Daddy Freeze for lambasting Bishop David Oyedepo of the Living Faith Church for saying women should submit to their husbands. Freeze’s reply to Oyedepo’s post definitely did not go down well with Ibiyeomie as he called Daddy freeze a bastard and threatened to kill him. Ibiyeomie cursed the day he(Daddy Freeze) was born and also threatened to deal with him. Reacting to this Ngelale in a tweet on Monday expressed disappoint at…
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Bribery is normal in Nigeria – Zimbabwean-Aljazeera journalist, Haru Mutasa
Zimbabwean-Aljazeera journalist, Haru Mutasa says bribery is normal in Nigeria. In a tweet she shared on Twitter, starting one of her experience when she worked in Nigeria said the first time she was given a brown envelope filled with dollars was in Nigeria and it was after she interviewed someone important in Kano, with this, she made her conclusions that it is a normal phenomenon in Nigeria. She wrote; “Working in Nigeria. In Kano. We interviewed someone very important. First time I was given the brown envelope. I opened it. Saw the US dollars, gave it back. Gave some excuse…
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The government is not insensitive, will not inflict hardship on the people – Buhari
President Buhari has denounced thoughts that its government is insensitive and is in the business of inflicting hardship on the people. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo who delivered President Buhari’s remark at the start of the first-year Ministerial performance review retreat held in Abuja on Monday September 7, made it known that the countries revenue has dropped by 60% as the administration adopted a N2.3 trillion economic sustainability plan to mitigate the effect of the economic slowdown. “For the government, it has been a particularly trying time. As a result of the poor fortunes of the oil sector, our revenues and…
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Ghana President, Nana Akufo-Addo elected new chairman of ECOWAS
The President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, has been elected the new Chairman of the Economic Community of West Africa States, ECOWAS. Akufo-Addo was elected as the new ECOWAS Chair at the ongoing 57th Summit in Niamey, Republic of Niger. Recall that Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari had during the summit warned African leaders against the unnecessary elongation of tenure in office. Buhari had said the trend was becoming a source of trouble for the region.
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Commodity hike: Nigerians have raised $15k for BBNaija Erica but have not been able to raise any resistance to Buhari – Reno Omokri
Former Presidential aide, Reno Omokri has reacted to a fundraiser that has been launched to support disqualified Big brother Naija housemate, Erica Nlewedim. In a post he shared on Instagram, he expressed disappointment as to how Nigerians have been able to raise $15k in 5hours for the disqualified housemate and have not been able to raise a resistance for the past 5days against the Buhari-led government over the hike of basic commodities in the country. The former Presidential spokesperson who singled out Nigerians who always say “come and lead the protest”, stated that we act spontaneously for irrelevancies but look…
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Obaseki deserves to rule for another four years – Apostle Suleman
Apostle Johnson Suleman, General Overseer, Omega Fire Ministries International is of the opinion that the current administration ruling Edo state deserves to rule for another four years. He said this on Sunday when he met with Gov. Godwin Obaseki and his deputy as they came to visit him in his church ahead of the gubernatorial election which is scheduled to hold on the 19th of September. Apostle Suleman assured Obaseki that the ministry would continue to support the administration to ensure it succeeded in governance of the State adding that they will continue to pray for the governor as he…
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Any Muslim lawyer who defends convicted Kano singer has renounced his faith – Sokoto Cleric
Abubakar Usman Mabera, chairman of Sokoto state Ulama forum of Izala, says any Muslim lawyer who defends Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, the musician sentenced to death in Kano state for blasphemy has renounced Islam. Sharif-Aminu was sentenced to death by hanging on August 10 after he was found guilty of blasphemy against the Prophet Muhammad, an act which has since caused an outcry among Nigerians. The convict has however appealed against the court’s decision without the representation of a lawyer as he has been denied one. Mabera, while speaking in Sokoto at the weekend, said blasphemy is a capital offence in Islam…
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