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#EndSARS: “Nobody Died at Lekki Tollgate,” says Kemi Olunloyo
Popular Nigerian journalist, Kemi Olunloyo, has said that no one died at the Lekki Tollgate during the End SARS protests on October 20, 2020.Taking to her Twitter account, the self-proclaimed investigative journalist tweeted, “did anyone really DIE at #Lekkitollgate or we are just following a rhetorical bandwagon? I spent 6 mos investigating and no family had come forward with names. @CNNAfrica backed out of the judicial panel and everyone is mute. A year later nothing has changed. #EndSars.”Olunloyo further replied tweets that countered her stance on the Lekki Tollgate shootings.“Stop thinking like an illiterate. I fought and exposed the military…
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You are lucky to have me as minister – Chris Ngige tells Nigerian doctors
The Minister of Labor and Employment, Chris Ngige, has said that Nigerian doctors are lucky to have him, a medical practitioner, as the current Minister of Labor. Ngige said this when he received members of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) and executive members of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) who visited him at his office on Wednesday, in Abuja. The Minister also appreciated the decision of the doctors to call of the strike. He said; “The previous NARD leadership hoarded information from your members. Instead, things wouldn’t have degenerated. There is no need being pugilistic. We know that…
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2022 Budget: FG To Borrow More To Finance N6.258trn Deficit
The Federal Government on Wednesday announced plans to finance the proposed 2022 budget deficit pegged at N6.258 trillion through fresh borrowings.Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, disclosed this during a press conference after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in Abuja. She said this will aid the funding of the Federal Government’s infrastructure projects.“Government has been borrowing before this administration and continues to borrow and it is important that we borrow to provide developmental projects in the form of roads, rails, bridges, power and water for sustainable development in this country,” she said.“If we just depend on…
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How can you leave Borno, Yobe, Kaduna, Zamfara and Niger and declare emergency in Anambra?- Reno Omokri tackles FG
Reno Omokri has reacted to threats by the Federal government to declare a state of emergency in Anambra state over it’s worsening state of insecurity. Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, had announced that the plan became necessary ahead of the State’s November 6 governorship election. Reacting via his Instagram page, Reno wrote ”Abubakar Malami’s threat to declare a state of emergency in Anambra may very well be the spark that ignites what he can’t put out. How can you leave Borno, Yobe, Kaduna, Zamfara and Niger (where Boko Haram controls 500 communities) and declare…
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“Let them see how painful it is” – Umahi threatens to Go after Parents of Gunmen in Ebonyi
Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi has threatened that he will “go after” the parents of persons behind recent killings in the state. He made this known while speaking on Wednesday after the signing of the contract agreement for the construction of the second phase of the Abakaliki ring road. Umahi who was represented his spokesman, Francis Nwaze stated that the state had had enough of such attacks adding that if the killers are in need of jobs, the state will provide He also warned that if there is a further breach of peace in the state, traditional rulers, coordinators of…
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‘Drop the dangerous plan’ — Falana warns FG against Emergency Rule in Anambra
Popular human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has reacted to the Federal Government’s plan of declaring a state of Emergency on Anambra. Falana described the act as dangerous. The federal government had, on Wednesday, threatened to declare a state of emergency in Anambra to ensure that the November 6 governorship election in the state takes place.Reacting in a statement, Falana stated that while the constitution gives the president power to declare a state of emergency in any part of the country, he has no power to remove an elected governor.“The power of the President to impose emergency rule is limited to…
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Insecurity: “What is going on is politically motivated”, Anambra state government condemns FG’s threat to declare State of Emergency in the state
The Commissioner of Information in Anambra State, Don Adinuba, has condemned threats by the Federal government to declare a state of emergency on the state to ensure that the November 6 governorship election in the state takes place. Adinuba described the FG’s threat as outrageous adding that the state has not experienced the level of killings recorded in Borno, Kaduna and Zamfara. “Anambra has not experienced the level of killings recorded in Kaduna, Borno, Zamfara and the other Northern states where rampaging bandits have murdered hundreds of innocent citizens in the last few months, he said Recall that Malami had…
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Tinubu is the ideal APC Presidential Candidate for 2023 – Former Minister, Ogunlewe
Former Minister of Works, Seye Ogunlewe has expressed that Bola Tinubu, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is the ideal candidate for the 2023 presidential election.Ogunlewe urged the former governor of Lagos to declare his interest in the 2023 presidential election.Speaking on an Arise Television programme, Ogunlewe stated that Tinubu is the appropriate person to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari.He also noted that a campaign team will be launched in Lagos on Thursday to kick-start the activities of his participation as a candidate in the 2023 election.“We need a thinker and someone who has paid his dues in the…
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BBNaija: Your money has been taken to South Africa – Omokri blasts Nigerians over 1 billion votes
Reno Omokri has berated Nigerians, accusing them of misplaced priority following the outcome of the just-concluded Big Brother Naija.Omokri suggested that Nigerians have attached more importance to irrelevant things by casting over a billion votes during the show.He lamented that money gotten through this huge number of votes will definitely be taken to South Africa, the home of DSTV and GOTV.The former presidential aide noted that he has never seen Nigerians donate money if a honest, capable presidential aspirant needs it.“1 billion votes! I can’t even begin to imagine how much money DSTV and the BBNaija organisers made,” he tweeted.“Money…
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No shortcut to wealth, EFCC will catch you – Bawa warns students
Abdulrasheed Bawa, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chairman has advised students that there is no shortcut to wealth as the EFCC will not hesitate to catch up with them if need be. “There is no shortcut to wealth and fame”, he said Bawa gave the advise at the Kogi State Polytechnic Lokoja, the Kogi capital. He was a guest at the flag-off of campaign against social vices on campuses organised by the National Association of Nigerians Students (NANS). He charged Nigerian students to take ownership of the fight against corruption.Bawa who was Represented by Abbah Sambo Usman, Head of…
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Insecurity: FG threatens to declare state of emergency in Anambra
The Federal Government has threatened to declare a state of emergency in Anambra to ensure that the November 6 governorship election in the state takes place.Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, made this known on Wednesday after the Federal Executive Council meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.The minister pointed out that the government was determined to ensure a hitch-free election in Anambra, despite the wave of attacks and killings in the state. He said;“When our national security is attacked, and the sanctity of our constitutionally-guaranteed democracy is threatened, no possibility is ruled out.“As a government, we…
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We don’t want Biafra, we only want to be treated equally – Umahi
Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi has said the South-East is not interested in Biafra but in being treated fairly and equally The Governor described the agitations for Biafra as madness, saying that most elites in the region do not want it.“Every elite in the south-east is not desirous of Biafra. We don’t want Biafra. We only want to be treated equally like other regions in Nigeria,” Governor Umahi said Wednesday, on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily.“So, this idea of Biafra, Biafra is madness”, he said He decried the degeneration of what started as a cry against marginalisation into violence in…
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