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No Country more Liberal than Nigeria in Granting Media Access to Information – Lai Mohammed
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has expressed that no other country is as liberal as Nigeria in granting media access to information.Speaking at the ongoing 41st United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) general conference in Paris, the minister stated that fake news and disinformation had reached an alarming rate globally.The minister said the advent of new media without regulation had aggravated fake news because social media platforms have become the medium of choice for “fake news agents”.He called on UNESCO to use its global platform to join in the fight against the spread of fake news.“UNESCO…
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“I am more ashamed of my colleagues” Actor Sam Sunny blasts celebrities publicising their account details so well-wishers can send them money
Actor Sam Nnabuike, better known as Sam Sunny, has slammed his colleagues who have been sharing their account details online so their friends and fans can send them money. The trend started with Davido who has since cashed out a whooping sum. With this, other actors like Destiny Etiko, Yul Edochie, P-Square are now asking for donations online. Reacting, Sam Sunny said he is ashamed of his colleagues for their action and their “shame stinks more than a slaughter house.”
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Nigeria can’t afford fresh Strike, Gbajabiamila tells ASUU, Ministers
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has stated that Nigeria cannot afford another strike by the Academic staff Union.Gbajabiamila stated this at the commencement of a roundtable called by the House to prevent the planned strike by the Union.Gbajabiamila stated that the issues between the Federal Government and ASUU have become perennial.The meeting was attended by the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed; Minister of State for Finance, Budget and National Planning, Clem Agba; Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba; President of ASUU, Prof Victor Osodeke as well as other relevant stakeholders.
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Lagos Govt sets up panel to inquire #Endsars judicial report
The Lagos State Government has called for restraint over the report of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and Other Matters.On Monday, the Panel submitted its report to the Lagos State Government.However, a leaked version of the report indicting the state government and the Nigerian Army was released on the Internet.Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has set up a committee to review the panel’s report, which is yet to be released officially.In a statement issued on Thursday, the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, stated that the state government has recognised the…
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When you feed those that are richer than you, God deals with you – Reno Omokri
Reno Omokri has expressed that God deals with people who feed those that are richer than them. Omokri in a post via his Instagram page this afternoon noted that though it is not wrong to give people money but make sure not to run into debts when you do so. He further stated that God doesn’t reward nice people, he rewards wise people. In his words; Nothing wrong in giving money to people. But, don’t go into debt to show people how much you love them. Even worse is going into debt to try to belong to a clique that…
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NFF sacks Gernot Rohr after five years
The Nigerian Football Federation, NFF, has sacked Gernot Rohr as the head coach of the Nigerian national football team, Omasports reports.Rohr was sacked despite his team progressing to Africa’s 2022 World Cup play-offs.The Super Eagles, three-time African champions, finished top of Group C despite being held 1-1 by Cape Verde in Lagos on Tuesday.
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He will net one billion in just one minute- APC chieftain Joe Igbokwe responds after Twitter user said President Buhari will not rake in a dime if he copies Davido and posts his account number
APC Chieftain, Joe Igbokwe, has responded to a Twitter user who stated that President Buhari will fail to rake a dime in if he copies singer Davido to seek for donations from his friends and loved ones. The Twitter user Akin Akinwale had tweeted ”If Buhari drops his account details, he won’t see shingbain. Can only be Davido” Responding to this statement, Joe who is the Special Adviser on Drainage and Water Resources to the Lagos state governor, wrote;”PUT ON YOUR THINKING CAP SIR. PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA DOES NOT TO GO DAVIDO STYLE BUT LET JUST…
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Yobe APC youths from Senate President’s ward dump party for PDP
Forty-seven youths from Katuzu ward in Bade Local Government Area of Yobe State have dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC), for the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP).The youths who are from the same political ward with Senate President Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan were said to have cited unequal treatment as well as poor representation as some of the reasons that forced them out of the APC in order to seek for alternative.PDP Yobe State Youth Leader, Hon. Wamnai Bulama on behalf of the party received the new entrants who were presented to him by the party’s Chairman in Bade Local Government,…
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Lekki shooting: Lai Mohammed should apologize to us – CNN’s lawyer says
A Lawyer to the Cable News Network (CNN) has said the honorable thing for the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, to do is apologize to the news platform after discrediting its investigative report on the October 20, 2020 Lekki tollgate shooting. The News Network in a report stated that the military did attack the unarmed protesters and fired live ammunition at them. Lai Mohammed held several press conferences where he condemned the report and tagged it fake news while insisting no one died in the incident. In a statement released, CNN’s Nigerian counsel, Olumide Babalola, asked Lai Mohammed…
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Restructuring the country is better than Secession – Fayemi tells Sunday Igboho, Nnamdi Kanu
Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi has called on secessionists agitating for the disintegration of the country to consider the benefits of a united Nigeria. He said restructuring will be a better option for the country.Speaking as a guest lecturer at the combined ninth and 10th combined Zik Lecture Series at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Fayemi asked the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) led by Nnamdi Kanu and Yoruba Nation led by Sunday Adeyemo to focus on restructuring adding that dialogue remains a major pathway to peace and progress.“If separation and secession are not as easy or…
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Folashade Tinubu Ojo, Tinubu’s daughter LEAVE Oyingbo market alone – Traders say as they carry placard
Some traders today carried placards asking Tinubu’s daughter, Folashade Rinubu Ojo to leave Oyingbo market as they protest it’s closure. They carried placards one of which said, “Folashade Tinubu Ojo, Ahmed Tinubu’s daughter leave Oyingbo Market alone. Mainland Local Government, hear our cry.” Another placard said, “Folashade Ojo Tinubu, we have children and we have house rent to settle. We refused to be miscreants.”
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BREAKING: Many feared dead, others trapped as another building collapses in Lagos
A storey building under construction collapsed on Wednesday at Flour Mill Estate in the Magbon area of Badagry in Lagos. This comes two weeks after the building collapse in Ikoyi.Margaret Adeseye, Director, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, confirmed the tragedy in a statement.She said four persons have been rescued while an operation is underway to pull out those trapped.The official confirmed that the victims are mainly construction workers who sustained varying degrees of injury but are in stable condition at nearby hospitals where they were rushed to.“Four male adults have been recovered (unconscious) thus far.“Nigeria Police, Morogbo Division and…
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