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I’m committed to the fight against corruption – Governor Ganduje
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state has reiterated his commitment in the fight against corruption. Speaking during a visit to the state’s Public Complaint and Anti Corruption Commission on Saturday August 15, Ganduje urged the commission not to compromise the anti-graft war and further disclosed that he will not interferein the prosecution of any political office holder in the state. Ganduje said; “Whosoever falls into the commission’s trap should face the consequence. I will have nothing to do with it. I will not interfere with any case whosoever might be involved. “With the way corruption is fighting back and the fight against corruption…
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China Loans: There is no wrong in borrowing – Lai Mohammed
Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed has insisted that there is nothing wrong in borrowing as long as funds are invested in infrastructure rather than services or consumption. He said this at the construction site of the Ibadan Train Station on Saturday where he and the Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi went to inspect. Lai Mohammed insisted that Nigeria is effectively utilizing the funds it borrowed from China and elsewhere for infrastructural development and job creation. “We didn’t borrow money for services or overhead expenditure. We borrowed money for capital projects: rail; roads; bridges; power – infrastructure generally,” he said. Amaechi…
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Ganduje spends N5b on skill acquisition center in Kano
Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje says he has spent N5 billion naira in establishing a skill acquisition centre for youths in the state and over 400,000 youths have been trained in various skills in the last five years. He stated this on Saturday while delivering an address during this year’s International Youths Day celebration organized by the Ministry of Youths and Sports Development in Kano. The theme for this year’s event is “Youth Engagement for Global Action”. He stated that youths have been trained in skills including automobile technicians, carpentry, welding, tailoring and other vocational skills. “We have spent…
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Senate vows to convince Buhari to sack Service Chiefs
The Senate has revealed that it will convince President Muhammadu Buhari, to sack the service chiefs, comprising the Chief of Defence Staff, Chief of Air Staff, Chief of Army Staff and Chief of Naval Staff. The decision came after a motion moved during a plenary session by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume. He stated that the recent attacks on soldiers in Gamboa-Maiduguri Road in Borno State and Katsina states are a worrying sign for the security of the nation. He expressed that if the trend continues, it will have serious implications on the fight against insurgency,…
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APC Chieftain, Rasak dies at 74
Lanre Rasak, a stalwart of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is dead. A source close to the family revealed that he passed away on Saturday. The politician, 74, had been sick and could not attend meetings since July. Razak was a member of Lagos State Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC). He was also an ally of APC national leader, Bola Tinubu. The deceased was a former Commissioner for Transport in Lagos.
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CEO Tonimas Oil and Gas, Chief Anthony Enukeme laid to rest in home town (Photos)
Oil magnet, late Chief (Dr) Sir Anthony Obiagboso Enukeme, the CEO of Tonimas Oil and Gas, was laid to rest in his home town in Neni, Anambra State, in grand style. Photos from the funeral of the Onowu of Neni show that he was buried in an elaborate glass casket that cost millions of Naira. Unverified reports claim it cost 34 million Naira. His funeral Mass held on Friday, August 14, at St John’s Parish in Neni, Anaocha LGA, Anambra. The Thanksgiving Mass will hold on Sunday, August 16 in the same church
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Nigerian Man gets operated on after a metal nut got stuck in his private part while masturbating (Photos)
Twitter user, @MikeHell7 shared a photo of a man who got a metal nut stuck at the base of his swollen pe..s while he was masturbating with it. Twitter users didn’t waste much time to mock the man. @MikeHell7 also shared another photo of him lying on an operating table in a teaching hospital while doctors operated on him to remove the nut from his male member.He wrote: “A Nigerian guy once tried to masturbate using Nuts and Bolts. This is how it ended; Doctors had to operate on him to remove it. Was it worth the Nut?”
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Edo Monarch turbans Ize-Iyamu
Otaru of Auchi, Alhaji Hybred Aliru Momoh, has turbanned the All Progressives Congress(APC) governorship candidate Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu as Itsemakhona of Auchi. The ceremony, which took inside the Otaru’s Palace in Auchi, had in attendance former APC national chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole
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Justice Garba who dismissed Atiku’s petition against Buhari elevated to Supreme Court
The National Judicial Council, NJC, has recommended elevation of Justice Mohammed Garba, who who dismissed former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s petition against President Muhammadu Buhari, to the Supreme Court. Garba was the lead judge of the Appeal Court, who upheld the victory of Buhari in the 2019 presidential election and threw out Atiku’s petition. Justice Garba is from the North-West geo-political zone. He is among the four Justices of the court the National Judicial Council (NJC), at its meeting on August 11 and 12 August, recommended to President Buhari for appointment as Justices of the Supreme Court. The other three…
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UCH has lost 18 patients to Covid-19 because we accept the sickest of the sick – CMD
The Chief Medical Director, University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan Prof. Jesse Otegbayo has explained why the hospital lost 18 persons out of the 159 Covid-19 patients it has treated so far. Otegbayo spoke on Friday in Ibadan on the sidelines of the inauguration ceremony of the Josephus Foundation-aided new Infectious Disease Centre at UCH. According to him, the coronavirus cases treated by the teaching hospital were severe with some of the patients having underlying health conditions. “From the last figure I saw, we have treated about 159 Covid-19 patients and 18 of them died. “We have those mortalities because we…
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Son of ex-Angolan president, Filemino Dos Santos bags jail term for fraud
Son of ex-Angolan president, Jose Filomeno dos Santos has bagged a 5 year jail term from a supreme court in Angola for $500m fraud. The 42-year-old was accused of trying to embezzle up to $1.5bn from the sovereign wealth fund, which he oversaw from 2013 to 2018. He was later charged with stealing $500m from the fund and transferring it to a bank account in Switzerland. On Friday August 14, judge Joao da Cruz Pitra jailed Jose Filomeno dos Santos, also known as Zenu, for five years. “For the crime of fraud … and for the crime of peddling influence…
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Family of Seven die of Food poisoning, Husband goes mad in Zamfara
A family of seven consisting of five children and two housewives have died due to food poisoning at Auki village of Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara. It was further learnt that the husband of the late women, Mallam Hassan lawali also developed a psychiatric disorder after eating the food prepared with corn on Tuesday night. According to an eyewitness; “After they ate the food, they started to develop stomach pains, three died instantly while four persons were taken to General Hospital, Bungudu where they were also pronounced dead“. The doctor at the General hospital confirmed that the members of…
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