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Asari Dokubo Sponsoring Killings In South-East – IPOB Alleges
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has accused Asari Dokubo, an ex-militant commander, of organising his claimed gangs to murder innocent South-East indigenes in Imo State and other regions.The accusations were made in a statement released on Thursday by the secessionist group’s spokesperson, Emma Powerful The group asserted that even the Nigerian military was powerless to halt the secession agitators, He said, “Asari Dokubo being somebody who hates Ndigbo and Biafra agitation championed by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB members worldwide brought out his criminal gang to kill innocent Biafrans in Imo State in the name of chasing IPOB and…
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The story of Nigeria wouldn’t have been complete without a chapter on Queen Elizabeth II – Buhari mourns the Queen
President Muhammadu Buhari has mourned the passing of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom who died yesterday at the age of 96. The President said he received with immense sadness news of the passing of Queen In a condolence message issued by presidential spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, the President said the story of Nigeria wouldn’t be complete without a chapter on the Queen. The Nigerian leader said: ”My family and I, and the more than 200 million Nigerians have learned with immense sadness of the passing of the Queen and the end of her unique and wonderful 70-year reign.…
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May her pain be excruciating – US-based Nigerian Professor reacts to report of Queen Elizabeth II being hospitalized hours before she passed on
A US-based Nigerian Professor, Uju Anya has reacted to report of Queen Elizabeth II being hospitalized and placed under medical supervision. In a tweet she shared, Uju described Queen Elizabeth as the “chief monarch of a thieving raping genocidal empire”. She went on to wish her excruciating pain. The lecturer tweeted; I heard the chief monarch of a thieving raping genocidal empire is finally dying. May her pain be excruciating.I only wish my hatred had the effect on her that her monarchy had on my people.
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”The woman who has suffered with me, she stood by me when we had nothing” – Pastor Adeboye celebrates his wife Foluke, on their 55th wedding anniversary
Pastor Enoch Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God and his wife, Foluke, are celebrating their 55th wedding anniversary today September 8. In a post shared on his Instagram page this morning, the clergyman thanked his wife for ”suffering” with him and standing by him when he had nothing. His post reads; ”My darling @pastorfoluadeboye the woman who has suffered with me, she stood by me when we had nothing. I was the poorest and the least known of all the men after her 55yrs ago. But she left all those who were famous, well to do and she picked me.…
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Breaking: Queen Elizabeth II dies at 96
Buckingham Palace has confirmed that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II died on Thursday. A statement from the Buckingham palace said the Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon.The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow. The Queen has been UK’s monarch for the past 70 years
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ASUU strike: We shall mobilize our students towards occupying the Ministry of Education until our demands are met – NANS warns FG
The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has called on the Federal Government to resolve, within working days, the lingering Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, strike. Speaking in a press statement, NANS’s factional President, Umar Faruk Lawal, at Abuja, on Thursday stated that students are suffering the long term effect of the strike He warned the Federal Government to resolve the trade dispute with ASUU within a few days, or it would mobilize students to occupy the Ministry of Education. He said, “Academic Staff Union (ASUU) has been on strike for almost eight months, the academic calendar cannot be…
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Atiku will be playing with fire if he chooses to ignore the demands of Wike – PDP chieftain
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State, Princewill Dike has warned the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, that he would be playing with fire if he decides to ignore the demands of the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, and his camp. Dike in a statement on Wednesday warned Atiku that those people hanging around him and mounting pressure on him to call the bluff of Governor Wike are leading him to the abyss. According to him, Wike is a mobilizer and a strategist who has the support of most of his colleagues and can not only…
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Rivers Assembly reverses Dokpesi’s 868 Daar Communications’ plots of land
The Rivers State House of Assembly has revoked the ownership of 868 plots of land currently occupied by Daar Communications Plc, owners of African Independent Television, AIT, at Ozuoba in Obio Akpor Local Government Area of the State accusing them of “wrong acquisition” The action of the House followed the recommendations by the House Committee on Public Complaints which sat over the petition by Rumuokwashi, Rumuosi, Ozuoba and Alakahia communities. The Chairman of the committee, Evans Bipi during his presentation of the report of the committee on Wednesday on the floor of the House, said Daar communications “failed” to provide…
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The same God that led Obasanjo to support Atiku in 2019 will lead him to support Atiku now – Aide
The Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organisation has expressed confidence that ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo will support his former vice to win the presidency. A spokesman for the campaign, Charles Aniagwu said Obasanjo saw the capability of Atiku in 1999 which made him choose the presidential hopeful as his running mate Speaking with reporters in Asaba on Wednesday, he recalled how Obasanjo supported the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate during the last general election adding that he will still Support Atiku in the forthcoming election “Atiku was more or less Obasanjo’s candidate, so if he supported him that much, I don’t think anything…
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2023: I’m voting Peter Obi for president, Sanwo-Olu as Lagos gov – Isaac Fayose
Isaac Fayose, the younger brother of former Governor Ayodele Fayose, has endorsed the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, ahead of 2023. Fayose in a post on Facebook shared that he will vote for Peter Obi as president and Babajide Sanwo-Olu as Governor of Lagos state in the upcoming 2023 elections Fayose made the remark while declaring the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as a dead party. “PDP National is a dead party! In Lagos, I am voting for Governor Babajide Sanwo Olu. My polling unit is on Admiralty way Lekki phase 1.“For President, I am voting Mr. Peter Obi,”…
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Bandits’ negotiator, Mamu arrested in Egypt
The lead negotiator between the Nigerian government and bandits in Northern Nigeria, Tukur Mamu has been arrested in Cairo, Egypt. He was arrested alongside his family on their way to Saudi Arabia for lesser Hajj. Daily trust reports that Mamu was detained at the Cairo International Airport for 24 hours and is being repatriated to Nigeria. He disclosed that he left Nigeria on Tuesday and was subjected to investigation by Egyptian security agencies but was not indicted with anything incriminating.
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ASUU rejects 23.5% salary increment, Adamu Adamu reveals
Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu has revealed that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has rejected the proposed 23.5% salary increment for university lecturers. The minister revealed this development while speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday. He said ASUU and three other university unions who had been on strike rejected the offer describing it as “inadequate to meet their respective demands needed to tackle the challenges confronting the university system.” The federal government had offered the union a 23.5 percent salary increase “for all category of the workforce in Federal Universities, except for the professorial cadre…
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