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Foreign Lawyers have been flown into Nigeria to stop the inauguration of Bola Tinubu – Keyamo alleges
Festus Keyamo, the Minister of State for Labour and Employment and a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has claimed that opposition parties are planning to use legal means to prevent the inauguration of President-elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu before May 29. According to a tweet from his official handle, the APC chieftain also alleged that some lawyers had been flown into the country to carry out the plot. Keyamo attributed the move and the reactions preceding it to illiteracy, stating that unscrupulous individuals were taking advantage of what he called “nattering nitwits.” He wrote, “I read somewhere that some…
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Imprisonment: I feel guilty because all these happened because of me – Sonia Ekweremadu
The daughter of former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, 25-year-old Sonia Ekweremadu, has responded to the United Kingdom court’s sentencing of her parents for a crime related to organ harvesting. On Friday, the UK court sentenced Ekweremadu to nine years and eight months in prison, while his wife, Beatrice, received four years and six months for conspiring to harvest a kidney from an underage Nigerian to restore their daughter’s health. Dr. Obinna Obeta, a medical doctor who was the third accomplice in the case, was sentenced to ten years in prison for offering to assist with the organ harvesting. Sonia,…
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If the Court of Justice will live up to its true bidding, Peter Obi will be the next president of Nigeria – Kenneth Okonkwo
A Spokesman of Labour Party, Kenneth Okonkwo has expressed that if the Judiciary lives up to its true bidding of being a court of justice, then his principal, Peter Obi will be the next President of Nigeria. He stated this while featuring as a guest on News Central’s program, Politics HQ, recently. According to him, section 134 2b of the Nigerian constitution made it clear that any candidate who did not score 25 percent of votes in the Federal Capital Territory, ought not to be declared the winner of a presidential election adding that it is up to the Judiciary…
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Why we gave N100,000 each to students evacuated from Sudan – FG
Dr Sani Gwarzo, the Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, has explained why the Federal Government gave N100,000 each to students evacuated from Sudan. According to Gwarzo, the stipend was a life-saving support for the evacuees who were coming from a distressing situation. He also welcomed the evacuees back home and expressed hope for peace returning to Sudan and the rest of Africa. Mr Mustapha Ahmed, Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), also stated that all Nigerians in need of evacuation had been successfully evacuated to Port Sudan and Egypt, and were waiting to be…
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Only God knows to which government I will transmit power, whether APC or NNPP – Ganduje
During the commissioning of some road projects in Kano, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje stated that he is unsure if he will hand over to the All Progressives Congress (APC) or the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP). He explained that it is normal for a government to inherit projects and as such, some have been completed and some left for the incoming administration. He added that only God knows to which government he will transmit power, whether APC or NNPP. The NNPP’s Abba Yusuf was declared the winner of the 2023 governorship election in the state by the Independent National Electoral Commission…
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“Wike’s relationship with APC will not last, Cabals will fight him mercilessly – Primate Ayodele
On Friday, Primate Elijah Ayodele, the leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, predicted that the relationship between the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State would not last. According to Ayodele, the cabals in the incoming government of the APC would eventually fight Wike, and the governor would be made to pay dearly for some of his actions in recent times. He further stated that after the inauguration of the incoming administration of President-elect Bola Tinubu on May 29, several things would change, and appointments would break the ruling party, meaning that those who expect to…
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Most APC leaders would have compulsorily retired if Atiku and Peter Obi – Presidency
The Presidency has revealed that many leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) would have been forced out of politics if either the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, or his Labour Party (LP) counterpart, Peter Obi, had won the last election. This was according to a statement by Presidential Spokesman, Garba Shehu while receiving the Arewa Young Lawyers’ Forum, AYLF, According to him, the many laudable programs of the President Muhammadu-Buhari Administration would be sabotaged or unimplemented. The statement further noted that the victory of President-elect Bola Tinubu has affirmed the APC’s dominance in Nigeria…
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Noodles Produced in Nigeria are safe and different from the cancer-causing ones produced abroad – NAFDAC DG, Mojisola
Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Mojisola Adeyeye has clarified that there is no connection between the noodles produced in Nigeria and the ones found to contain cancer-causing substances abroad. In an interview on Arise TV, She mentioned that the Nigerian government prohibited the importation of noodles made abroad a long time ago to promote local production. Adeyeye also noted that the noodles produced in Nigeria are secure and that her organization conducted tests as a precautionary measure in response to reports of cancer-causing substances discovered in some noodles by authorities in Taiwan…
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Adamawa INEC REC, Yunusa Ari granted bail
Hudu Yunusa-Ari, the suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of Adamawa State, has been granted bail after being investigated by the police for prematurely declaring Aisha Binani of the All Progressives Congress as the winner of the state’s gubernatorial election. Two other Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) commissioners and another official who were also being interrogated were also released on administrative bail. However, the bail came with certain conditions, including depositing their passports and limiting their movements within the Federal Capital Territory. During the three-day interrogation, the Inspector-General of Police, Alkali Baba, personally questioned the REC, national commissioners, and others. Yunusa-Ari…
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Nobody dashed Tinubu power, he worked for it – Wike
During a banquet held in honour of Bola Tinubu, who was in Rivers State to commission some of Governor Nyesom Wike’s legacy projects, Wike expressed that the President-elect did not gain power easily but worked hard to earn it. The Governor recalled an incident in 2018 when Tinubu gifted him a bottle of white wine during a visit to his Lagos residence. During the visit, Tinubu urged Wike to support a candidate from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2019 presidential election. He said: “I went to him, I said, sir, I heard you can’t find your feet in…
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No politician is worth dragging the body of Christ into unnecessary political controversy. Is this too much to ask, daddy? – Festus Keyamo replies Cardinal Onaiyekan
Festus Keyamo, the Minister of Labour and Productivity, has responded to the statement made by Cardinal John Onaiyekan, the Bishop Emeritus of the Archdiocese of Abuja. Onaiyekan recently expressed his opinion during an interview with Channels TV that it is not reasonable to inaugurate elected officials when their electoral victories are being contested in court. He made this comment in relation to the 2023 presidential election and the announcement of Bola Tinubu as the winner. Reacting to this, the Minister in a lengthy tweet described the Cardinal’s statement as unstatesmanlike. According to him, because his candidate did not win, the…
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A declaration by INEC does not constitute a Government – Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, Sam Amadi says Tinubu’s inauguration could be stopped
Sam Amadi, the Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, has asserted that there is a chance Bola Tinubu’s inauguration as President could be halted before May 29, as there is a serious case against him at the tribunal that could go either way. Amadi made this known via a tweet on Thursday, following his earlier statement where he commented on Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State’s declaration of May 3 as a public holiday to welcome Tinubu. Amadi had stated that Tinubu’s visit could not be considered an official one and that Wike might have misunderstood…
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