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We do not work, so why don’t you just give us half salaries and then pay ASUU – Ndume tells FG
Lawmaker, Senator Ali Ndume had urged the Federal Government to reduce salaries of Lawmakers to enable them pay up the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. He said this reacting to the alleged half-pay to the ASUU members in Maiduguri on Thursday. According to Ndume, lawmakers only meet twice a week and shouldn’t get as much as they are paid He said, “Even if it means that the National Assembly will reduce sitting allowances or be paid on casual allowances basis whenever they sit at the Lower and upper chambers, by cutting the recurrent expenditure in the budget of the…
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“Nobody will trust the process’ if poor form continues” – Former Chelsea coach, Thomas Tuchel warns his successor Graham Potter after back-to-back defeats at the club
Former Chelsea coach, Thomas Tuchel has warned his successor Graham Potter that ‘nobody’ at the club will ‘trust the process’ if he cannot turn things around following back-to-back defeats. Potter has faced increasing scrutiny and criticism already, just months into the job following defeat to Arsenal in the league followed up by a Carabao Cup exit at the hands of Manchester City. The ex-Brighton boss’ post-match comments, in which he conceded Arsenal were ‘better’ and said Chelsea showed ‘courage’ against a ‘top team’ like Man City, have caused a stir. ‘My experience in Chelsea, Paris, Dortmund and Mainz, it is about the results,’ Tuchel told the Ayurvedic Healing & Beyond…
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I am effortlessly ‘The Finest Man In Nigeria’
Yul Edochie has declared himself the finest man in Nigeria. The actor and movie producer made this known on his Instagram page hours ago. Sharing a photo of himself, he wrote; ”Finest man in Nigeria..Effortlessly”.
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APC is lucky to have Tinubu as Presidential candidate, we are going to win – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed that the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC will win the 2023 elections He said the party is lucky to have Tinubu as it’s presidential candidate The President spoke in the United Kingdom while reacting to the chances of APC winning the presidential election in 2023. “What are the chances of my party not winning the election? We are going to win the election, he said “Tinubu, the presidential candidate, a very well-known politician in the country, was a two-term governor in Lagos State, the most resourceful state and the most visited state. “So, I think…
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Pay your tax to us – Soludo tells Anambra state indigenes in other states
Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra state has asked indigenes resident in other states but owning properties in the State to remit their taxes to the state government. He made the plea on Thursday during his presentation of the state’s 2023 Budget Estimates to the State House of Assembly in Awka. According to him, it would enable his administration deliver better social services to the people of the state while protecting their properties at home. “Wherever you live, Onye Anambra (Anambra people), pay your fair share. That is how it works everywhere,” Soludo said. “Anambra is probably one of the states…
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We are happy that people like Wike, Umahi did not get presidential tickets – Kwankwaso
Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso has revealed that he is happy that Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike and Ebonyi State governor, Dave Umahi did not win presidential tickets for their parties. He said the choices of the leading parties has given leverage to the NNPC Kwankwaso said this on Wednesday while addressing journalists in Abakaliki, Ebonyi state capital “Of course, I would be very happy that people like Dave here, people like my friend, Wike, and many others, I would have been very happy with them as [presidential candidates],” he said. “But we didn’t…
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Tinubu has been particularly evasive and dodgy about submitting himself to any sort of interrogation that is outside his control – Dele Farotimi
Dele Farotimi, a member of the Labour Party, LP, Presidential Campaign Council, says Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, has chosen to remain evasive and dodgy about submitting himself to debates outside his control. He noted that whenever Mr Peter Obi has had to submit himself to debates, it is either Kashim Shettima coming on behalf of the APC campaign or Governor Ifeanyi Okowa coming around for Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Farotimi said this during an interview on Arise TV. According to him;“We have an electoral process that has also incorporated debates,…
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I feel much freer when I have nothing – Buhari speaks on owning houses in the UK
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday told His Royal Majesty, King Charles III, that he has no house in the United Kingdom, as he feels freer when he has nothing. The president had met with King Charles in Buckingham Palace on Wednesday to foster Nigeria’s bilateral relationship with the United Kingdom. According to the president, “He (King Charles III) asked me whether I have a house here (in the UK), I said no. “I live in Nigeria alone, the only houses I have are those I have before I got into government and I am not very much interested in having…
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It’s propaganda by Obidients – Omokri reacts to report of his defection to Labour Party
Omokri, an ally of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has reacted to a viral report of his defection to LP. He described it as a propaganda by Obidients; supporters of Peter Obi There were reports that the LP’s National Publicity Secretary, Arabambi Abayomi, had congratulated Omokiri for joining the party. Abayomi was reported as saying Omokiri saw the light at last and decided to dump Atiku. He said this referring to a video where Reno praised Obi and commended him for his job as the Governor Of Anambra State Quoting Omokri, he said, “I am proud…
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We have something in common- Bala Mohammed says after visit from G-5 Governors
Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed has said that he shares something in common with the five agitated PDP Governors Known as the G-5 Governors led by Nyesom Wike of Rivers state. The Governors had travelled to Bauchi State to pay a visit to Bala Mohammed who had complained of been sidelined and threatened by the presidential candidate of the party, Atiku Abubakar Speaking after a closed-door meeting with the Governors, Bala said; “The governors of G5, they called themselves ‘Integrity Group’. I am supposed to be with them but they excommunicated me for some reason best known to them.…
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Atiku’s Convoy attacked in Borno State
The convoy of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, was attacked in Maiduguri, Borno State, on Wednesday, November 9. According to reports, the hoodlums vandalised vehicles in the convoy of Atiku at Ramat Square in Maiduguri. Confirming the attack, the spokesperson of the Atiku Campaign, Dino Malaye, blamed the attack on the ruling party in Borno, he said over 70 people have been hospitalized due to the attack. “They wanted to prevent us from holding the campaign, as we speak, 74 people were injured and hospitalised. Several vehicles were vandalised by APC thugs, he said
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2023: Despite the opposition of the five Governors, PDP will still win – Ayu
National Chairman of the People’s Democratic party, PDP Iyorchia Ayu has vowed that the party will win the 2023 Presidential election without the five aggrieved Governors He assured that the crisis rocking the PDP would be resolved ahead of the presidential election. The governors led by Wike noted that PDP’s National Chairman and presidential candidate can’t come from the same region. In a statement by his Media Aide, Simon Imobo-Tswam, Ayu said: “So, at the moment, we are still talking. The cards are on the table and we are still appealing to every aggrieved stakeholder. Our opponent is the APC,…
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