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Sit-at-home: Tinubu fixes campaign rallies in Anambra, Imo Mondays
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiawju Bola Tinubu has fixed his campaign rallies in Anambra and Imo States on Mondays. According to the timetable released by the party’s Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), Tinubu will hold a campaign rally and engage party stakeholders in Imo State on Monday, 21 November and also January 30th in Anambra state. Recall that IPOB had in August 2021 declared Monday as sit-at-home to protest and demand the release of their leader Nnamdi Kanu who has been in the custody of the Department of State Services, DSS.
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Those who are there do not want to leave, but we will kick them out – Afenifere Elder statesman, Ayo Adebanjo calls for support for Peter Obi
Elder statesman and leader of the Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo has called on the supporters of Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, to participate actively in making him the next President of Nigeria. He made the call during the launch of his book titled “The Challenges of Good Governance and Leadership in Nigeria: The Peter Obi effect Factor,” an event organised by the Alaigbo Development Foundation (ADF) He started that actions must be taken to kick out those who have been in the seat of leadership for a long time and do not want…
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Wike increases number of Special Assistants to 200,000
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has increased the number of his Special Assistants on Political Unit Affairs from 100,000 to 200,000. The Governor announced the increase while inaugurating the second and last batch of the initial 100,000 assistants from the Rivers East Senatorial District on Friday, November 4. The job of the Special Assistants is to send in honest feedbacks from the people at the grassroots to the state government They are to communicate the feelings of the people towards the Wike administration through the 319 Liaison Officers at the Ward levels, who will then report to the 32…
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2023: You won’t find any cabal in my government – Atiku
Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic party, PDP Atiku Abubakar has assured Nigerians that he would be in charge of his government because there would be no room for any cabal. He gave the assurance while speaking with Voice of Nigeria, VON, Hausa Service in the United States, on Thursday. According to him, no group of people will be allowed to manipulate him. “You won’t find any cabal in my government. It is me: Waziri (Atiku) that will run the administration, he said
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The President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration has done well considering it dealt with Covid-19, recession, others – Ajuri Ngelale
Senior special assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on public affairs, Ajuri Ngelale has insisted that the president Muhammadu Buhari-led administration has indeed done well since it took over leadership. Ajuri said that the context with which the administration operated on cannot be judged without considering the impact of COVID pandemic, economic recessions and many other things Speaking in an interview on Channels Television, he said; “I can tell you where I think we have not done as we had hoped, and I can tell where we had outperformed in the areas where we had done extremely well. “You cannot talk…
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What is paramount to them is to leave the country whether they are trafficked or smuggled – NIS laments rate at which Nigerians travel abroad
The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has described as worrisome the alarming rate at which Nigerians are leaving the country in search of greener pastures abroad regardless of what it takes. Speaking at a sensitization campaign on the scourge of Smuggling of Migrants (SOM) for stakeholders in Enugu State on Thursday, November 3, The NIS boss in Enugu state Joachim Olumba said“Indeed, this program couldn’t have been held at a more appropriate time, considering the alarming rate at which, not only the youth, but older generation of Nigerians exhibit interest to leave the country He said; “To many, what is paramount…
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Wike, Ayu : We are yet to resolve the matter but we have moved on – Atiku
Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic party , PDP, Atiku Abubakar says he is no longer bothered about the leadership crisis rocking the party. Wike and four other aggrieved governors had vowed that until Ayu quits his position as National Chairman of the party, they would withhold their support for Atiku in 2023 Speaking on the matter, the former vice president in an interview with VOA Hausa, said he has moved on, adding that leadership change is currently impossible in the party. “We are yet to resolve the matter. But we have moved on, I don’t have any worries about…
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Gombe ASUU vows to withhold students results if government fails to release withheld salaries
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Gombe State University chapter, has said it will not release students’ results if the government fails to release the withheld salaries This was according to a statement by the branch chairman, Suleiman Jauro. He noted that the union will discontinue the supervision of both undergraduate and postgraduate projects allocated prior to the commencement of the strike action The statement reads; “After exhaustive deliberations, the Congress therefore, resolved that given the University administration’s refusal to release the August and September salaries, members shall not submit the results of the first Semester examination for the 2021/2022…
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Emirates suspends flights indefinitely as the Nigerian Government refuses to release the airline’s trapped funds
United Arab Emirates (UAE) carrier, Emirates, has suspended its flights to Nigeria indefinitely, citing its trapped funds in Nigeria. The airline said it took the decision because it is yet to get its allocation from the $260m the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) released to clear part of the blocked funds belonging to foreign airlines. Emirates said in a statement; “However, Emirates has yet to receive an allocation of our blocked funds to be repatriated. Without the timely repatriation of the funds and a mechanism in place to ensure that future repatriation of Emirates’ funds do not accumulate in any way,…
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Kaduna State Government confirms Two people were killed by LANDMINE planted by terrorists
Two citizens have been killed in a landmine attack in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the incident in a statement on Thursday evening, November 3, 2022. “The incident occurred around 2:00PM on Thursday when the victims’ vehicle drove over a landmine obviously planted by terrorists in a location known as Zangon Tofa, in the Kabrasha general area,” the statement read. The citizens were transporting harvested farm produce when the incident occurred. “The two persons who lost their lives were identified as Babajo Alhaji Tanimu and Safiyanu Ibrahim. The…
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I was shocked with the Naira’s rapid fall against the Dollar – Governor Sule
Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has expressed worries over the Naira’s fall against the Dollar. Speaking during an interview on a Channels Television’s programme, he said that the planned redesign of the naira might further worsen the situation. Sule said; “I am extremely worried.“But again, it takes you back really to understand, ‘Does it worry me?’ Of course, it worries me very badly. Because is that making it a little easier on the part of the common man? No. The common man is actually going through the heat during this period.“In fact, when I saw it yesterday, I was shocked to see the naira going…
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Gov Wike appoints 100,000 Special Assistants on political matters
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state today November 3 inaugurated the first batch of 100,000 Special Assistants on Political Unit affairs in the state. Those inaugurated at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium, Omagwa in Ikwerre Local Government Area of the State were from the Rivers West and Rivers South-East senatorial district of the State. Governor Wike, who spelt out their duties to them, also congratulated them for making the list to serve as aides to the governor. He told them to work among their people and hear from them what views they hold about his administration. They are also to understand the…
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