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2023: What is your track record – Asari Dokubo slams Osinbajo over Presidential ambition
Former Niger Delta militant leader, Asari Dokubo, has slammed APC Presidential hopeful, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo over his presidential ambition. He questioned the Vice President’s track record In a Facebook live post, Dokubo stressed that if President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration was disastrous, the Vice President failed too. He said: “The Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo, wants to be president. I dared him the other time. What is he going to tell us (Nigerians)?“Tinubu took you from your state (Ogun), made you Attorney-General, gave his slot to you to become Vice-President. What is your track record that you want to tell Nigerians?“Osinbajo is…
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Students protest as ASUU extends Strike (Photos)
Some Students of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) have staged a protest to demand an end to the prolonged crisis between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Nigerian government.They marched on the streets with placards chanting and demanding that the government resolve the strike and let them go back to school.Some of the placards had inscriptions such as ‘Strike has killed our educational sector, we need to go back to school’, ‘We are tired of FG/ASUU’ and ‘Age no de my side’ among others.They threatened to occupy the streets if the government did not listen to them.
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If they bring money, take it, but let us rise, vote right and defend our votes – Amaechi tells APC delegates
A presidential hopeful on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Rotimi Amaechi has called on delegates of the party not to waste their votes on any other candidate. He urged the delegates to be focused on voting for a credible aspirant like him to fly the party’s flag.Amaechi said this on Sunday while addressing delegates in Edo state. He admonished them to vote right adding that even if they get paid for their vites“Politicians will come to ask for your votes, but please, as south-south people, as politicians, as good people of Nigeria, don’t waste your votes,” he…
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APC Presidential ticket: “I am very confident. I am sure I can and I will win it” – Tinubu
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and presidential hopeful, Bola Tinubu has expressed confidence in winning the Presidential ticket of the party He said this on Sunday during his visit to Taraba to meet with APC delegates in the state.“My chances of winning the ticket are incredibly high and I am very confident. I am sure I can and I will win it,” he said.Speaking on the possibility of a consensus arrangement, Tinubu said he would prefer a democratic process on the selection of the choice of who would become the APC flagbearer in the 2023 presidential election.“I…
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ASUU extends strike by 12 weeks
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has extended the ongoing strike by 12 weeks.The decision was taken at an emergency National Executive Council (NEC) held at ASUU Secretariat in Abuja on Monday MorningA statement signed by ASUU president, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, said this was to give the government enough time to satisfactorily resolve all the outstanding issues. The emergency meeting, which had in attendance principal officers and branch chairmen, started on Sunday and ended early Monday morning.The two month rollover strike declared in March 14, 2022 by ASUU ended today (May 9th), thus NEC felt the need to extend…
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After 16 years of waiting, Nigerian man dies three months after his wife gave birth to twins
A Nigerian man, Chinedu Njirinzu, has died three months after his wife gave birth to a set of twins after 16 years of marriage. The deceased’s brother-in-law, Igwe Ihedioha, took to Facebook on Friday May 6, to mourn him. “Words have failed me. I am heart broken by the sudden death of my brother in-law, Prince Chinedu Njirinzu(Skippo) He loved my sister so much and supported her for the 16 years of waiting on the Lord for child. Just 3 months after God answered their prayers with Twins(boy and girl), now he is no more” he wrote.
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Senator Arthur Nzeribe is reportedly dead
First Republic politician who represented Imo West at the National Assembly, Senator Arthur Nzeribe is reportedly dead. The longest serving Senator from Imo who was born on November 2, 1938, has been ill for some time. A family source told The Nation that Nzeribe died on Saturday evening, May 7th.
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Get Your NIN Ready To Board Trains From May – NRC
The Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation, Mr Fidet Okhiria, said that Nigerians intending to travel by rail should get their National Identity Number ready as it would be a requirement from May 2022. The commission disclosed in Abuja that the NIN would be needed to enhance the profiling of passengers, which he said would also enhance the safety and security of rail users. This move may not be unconnected to the recent terror attack on an Abuja-Kaduna bound train, where many passengers were killed and injured, with hundreds yet displaced – purportedly abducted by the yet-unidentified suspected terrorists.…
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VIDEO: Nigerian Police arrest officer seen in viral video singing, dancing and brandishing rifle in praise of cult group
The Nigeria Police Force has confirmed the arrest of a police officer who was seen in a viral video singing, dancing, and brandishing a rifle in praise of a particular confraternity (cult) The officer has been identified as Corporal Matthew Isaac, attached to the Ebonyi State Police Command. The force spokesman, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, who confirmed the arrest in a statement on Saturday May 7, said the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, condemned the unruly conduct of the police officer. “The act of the officer in question, which is clearly calculated to portray the NPF negatively, is a discreditable…
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Stop embarrassing the country – Oby Ezekwesili slams CBN gov, Godwin Emefiele, after he denied running for president in 2023 yet claims he is waiting for God’s direction
Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has slammed the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria after he denied reports that he is yet to decide if he will run for president in 2023. On Friday, May 6, it was widely reported that Emefiele had purchased the N100 million APC Presidential nomination form. Nigerians including Ezekwesili and the governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, immediately called for his resignation. In a statement released on his Twitter handle, Emefiele said he has not decided to run for the office of President of Nigeria despite the purchase of the nomination and expression of…
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“Stop looking for a ready-made spouse” – Nigerian pastor advises people as he shares before and after photos with his wife
Akwa Ibom based pastor, Ab Isong, has advised people to get married and build the life of their dreams together instead of waiting for ready-made spouses. “Some people are still struggling to find who to marry because they lack the ability to build and the patience to wait,” he wrote. When a man wants to build a house, he’ll first get the land and then proceeds to have the building in his head interpreted via drawing and gradually work begins and then months or years later, an amazing masterpiece is erected to the admiration of everyone Don’t forget that place was once an…
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If S/East region is not given APC Presidential ticket, we won’t continue voting for those who cannot vote for us – Governor Umahi
Governor David Umahi has again explained why the South-East region of the country should produce the next Nigerian President in 2023. Speaking on Friday May 6, in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi capital, during a meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and leaders of the zone, the Ebonyi state Governor said the region should produce the next President in the interest of justice, equity and fairness. Umahi added that it would be difficult for the south-east to continue to be short-changed and continue voting for those who cannot vote for them. He said; “On the request for the presidency of the southeast, I’m an aspirant…
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