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Kwara State Governor, Abdulrazaq loses Father at 93.
Governor of Kwara State, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has lost his father, Alhaji Abdulganiyu Folorunsho Abdulrazaq, SAN. This was according to a statement by Dr Alimi Abdulrazaq on Saturday on behalf of the family. Alhaji Folorunsho died in Abuja at the early hours of Saturday. He died aged 93. He was the first Northern Nigerian lawyer, Mutawali of Ilorin and Tafida of Zazzau (Zaria). He also served as Nigeria’s ambassador to Ivory Coast, among others. He is survived by his 90-year-old wife, Hajia Raliat Abdulrazaq, illustrious children, including Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq and grandchildren.
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WASSCE: Private Schools in Lagos State to resume August 3.
The National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS) in Lagos State has said Senior Secondary School students will resume on August 3. According to the president of NAPPS Lagos Chapter, Amusa Olawale on Friday, he said there was a plan to ensure the West Africa Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) is conducted in September. He further added that they have been allowed to re-open schools if the requirements will be appropriately followed. “In the last meeting the South-West governors had with the commissioners for education, they discussed how WASSCE would be conducted in September, because if these pupils don’t…
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PDP brought forward evidence for Obaseki’s disqualification – Oshiomhole
Suspended National chairman of the ruling all progressives Congress, (APC) Adams Oshimhole has revealed that the disqualification of Obaseki at the recent Edo State primaries was as a result of the evidence put forward against them by PDP in 2016, saying Obeseki’s documents were forged. Oshiomhole who spoke at his residence in Benin, the Edo state capital on Thursday said the ruling party didn’t want to make the mistake it made in Bayelsa state in 2019 as the findings of the PDP were correct “In 2016, PDP took Obaseki to court that he forged certificates. Now, you remember one governor…
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Traditional Leaders pull out of Shinkafi Emirate Council over turbaning of Femi Fani-Kayode
Traditional leaders of the Shinkafi emirate council in Zamfara State have reportedly pulled out of the council after the turbaning of former minister of Aviation, Femi Fani Kayode. According to those who withdrew from the council, the main problem remains that the Emir in question did not explain the contribution the former minister had made either in Shinkafi Local Government Area or Zamfara state or the entire country. “We are demanding explanations from the Emir and without the explanations, there will be no peace in the emirate council,” they lamented. The traditional leaders said they held a meeting in Gusau,…
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Former Tanzanian President, Mkapa dies at 81
The Tanzanian Government has announced the death of their former president, Benjamin Nkapa who died at 81 in a Dar el Salaam hospital. The cause of his death was not revealed. “I’m saddened by the death of the third president of Tanzania and that is a big loss for us as a country. Let’s pray for him and more information will follow later,” said President John Magufuli in a short televised speech. Mkapa was the country’s third president after independence from Britain in 1962 and ruled from 1995 to 2005. With a degree in English from Uganda he worked as…
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Mali trip: Our travel blogger is back in business – Aisha Yesufu mocks Buhari
Aisha Yesufu, co-convener of BringBackOurGirls, BBOG, advocacy group has mocked President Muhammadu Buhari over his trip to Mali. In a video she shared on Facebook, she said President Buhari has become a travel blogger since he enjoys travelling from one country to another. She said the President should have known that leaving for Mali is the least expectation of Nigerians who look up to him for result-driven leadership. She further lamented that Buhari was more concerned about the perk of office than ensuring the security of Nigerians. “Our travel blogger is back in business as he has jetted out to…
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Oyo State Corps member dies after allegedly being poisoned by man she turned down
Chizuroke Egodi Onuorah, an Oyo state corps member who graduated from Unizik has died after she was allegedly poisoned by a man she turned down. She was one of the best graduating students in the Environmental management department and the second best-graduating student in the faculty of environmental sciences. She was posted to Oyo state for her NYSC. Unfortunately, she passed on before completing her youth service. The cause of her death is still not clear as there are two reports pertaining to it. Friends shared screenshots of a chat where the deceased purportedly claimed that she had been vomiting…
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I raped 8-year-old Girl because I love her – 70 year old Man confesses
70-year-old Mohammed Sani Umar, accused of raping an eight-year-old girl, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. He had raped the 8-year-old by luring her with N80 in the Chanchaga area of Niger State. The suspect, while being tried before a Chief Magistrate Court on Thursday, confessed to raping the little girl twice because he loved her. Senior Magistrate Safuratu Abdulkareem of Magistrate Court III, Minna, delivering the judgement on thursday found Umar guilty of the offence and so sentenced him to 30 years in prison.
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Sultan of Sokoto declares 31st July Eid-el-kabir Sallah day, urges Muslims to observe prayer in Mosques
Sultan of Sokoto and President, General Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has declared Friday July 31 as Eid-el-Kabir Sallah day and urged Muslims to observe prayers in mosques. He made the call in a statement signed by Prof. Sambo Junaidu, Chairman Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs, Sultanate Council on Thursday in Sokoto “In view of the current situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Sultan hereby advises all District Heads and Imams in Sokoto State, to observe Eid prayers at their Juma’at Mosques. “This, in their respective towns and villages and not at Eid…
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Nigerian Students may write GCE if we fail to meet up WAEC timetable – FG
The Nigerian Government has revealed that it is considering asking students to sit for the General Certificate Examination, GCE, should it fail to meet up with the West African Examination Council, WAEC’s timetabe for the 2020 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination. This was according to a statement by the Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba during the bi-weekly press briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 where he stated that GCE may be an alternative since WASSCE cannot be rescheduled for any reason. He disclosed further that negotiations were already on to move local language subjects such as…
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NDDC Probe: we are still waiting for the list of contractors – Paul of P-square
Paul Okoye of the defunct P-Square has reacted to the ongoing NDDC Probe, he lamented the award of contracts by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to lawmakers. Senator Godswill Akpabio, the Minister for Niger Delta Affairs while being grilled days ago said majority of the contracts awarded by NDDC were awarded to lawmakers. Reacting to this, Paul Okoye called out for the list of contractors even if they are lawmakers. He wrote: “We go school finish, contract them no give us but same lawmakers will collect allowance, collect contracts, collect bonus, pay themselves. “We are still waiting for the…
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Buhari arrives Bamako for Peace Mission
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Mali on a one-day visit aimed at finding a political solution to the crisis in the country. It was confirmed in a tweet by his personal assistant on new media, Mr Bashir Ahmad. “The arrival of President @MBuhari in Bamako. He is in Mali with some ECOWAS leaders led by President Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger Republic, as they agreed to meet there to engage in further consultations towards finding a political solution to the crisis in the country”. President Buhari and the ECOWAS Chairman, President Issoufou Mahamadou of Niger Republic had already agreed to…
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