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“All his life all he ever wanted was to be a teacher, and spend time with his family” – Yaradua’s wife, Turai says
Hajiya Turai Yar’Adua, the former first lady, has revealed that her late husband, former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, never had any interest in ruling Nigeria. Speaking with BBC Hausa, she stated that Yar’Adua had always wanted to be a teacher and spend time with his family, telling jokes until evening. She said he had no desire for politics or governance, but as Allah would have it, he joined politics and eventually became the president. May 5 marked the 13th anniversary of Yar’Adua’s death, and Turai shared that she thinks about him every day and misses him dearly. However, she finds…
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Presidential Election petition adjourned till May 10
The tribunal for the petition challenging the outcome of the 2023 presidential election has been adjourned by the presidential election petition tribunal to Wednesday, May 10. Kenneth Okonkwo, one of the spokespersons for the Labour Party, confirmed this in a tweet on Monday. The case was briefly heard before being adjourned to the specified date and time. The presidential election petition tribunal began proceedings in Abuja on Monday. Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) are both challenging the declaration of Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner…
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Nigeria will prosper in Tinubu’s hands – Adeboye
During the monthly thanksgiving service at the RCCG Headquarters in Ebute-Metta, Pastor Dele Balogun, who represented the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, stated that with God’s help, the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, has the capability to fix Nigeria. Adeboye expressed confidence that Nigeria would thrive under Tinubu’s administration and encouraged him to fulfill the aspirations of Nigerians for a new nation. According to Adeboye: “Let us pray for the incoming government that God will support it and give it the Grace to do the right thing. “Thank God the President-elect has promised to…
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”We have successfully removed everybody from Sudan” – FG
On Friday, May 5, the Federal Government declared that it had successfully repatriated all Nigerian citizens who were stranded in the crisis-ridden Sudanese capital of Khartoum. Dr Sani Gwarzo, the Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, made the announcement while receiving the second batch of 130 evacuees at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. The evacuees arrived at the Pilgrims Terminal of the Airport aboard TARCO Aircraft B373-300 from Port Sudan at precisely 3:10 pm local time, according to Gwarzo. ”I’m happy to announce that we have successfully removed everybody that needs to be removed out…
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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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