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EFCC arrests Ganduje’s Wife
Hafsat Ganduje, the wife of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano, has been arrested by the EFCC over a bribery and land fraud case reported by her son. According to a report by Premium Times Mrs Ganduje had earlier been invited to report to the EFCC’s Abuja headquarters on September 13 but she did not appear. The graft agency then threatened to arrest her. Sources close to her later said she travelled to the UK at the time to attend the graduation ceremony of her son.Investigators are questioning Mrs Ganduje over allegations relating to land fraud in a petition by her…
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2023: Power is never given on a platter, Osinbajo tells Youths
Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has challenged young Nigerians to contest for elective positions in the 2023 elections if they want to assume power.Speaking on Monday during a two-day retreat for young legislators in Lagos, Osinbajo who was represented by Babajide Omoworare, senior special assistant on national assembly matters (senate) to President Muhammadu Buhari. stated that power is never given on a platter.He said the not-too-young-to-run movement would be defeated if the youths fail to contest for elective positions.He further stated that government had been preparing and equipping the capacity of youths as future leaders, stressing that youths who are…
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2023: It is too late for you to win election. The system is too rigid, don’t contest – Saraki tells Nigerian youths
Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki has told youths nursing the ambition to run in the 2023 presidential election to shelve the idea. He said it was already too late for such persons to stand any chance of winning an election in this country as the system is too rigid.The former Senate President said he would not even want any youth with a sound mind to contest for political offices at this point because they still possess some good values which would be corrupted before they win any election. Speaking during the weekend at an Independence lunch with diverse Nigerian youths…
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Pandemonium in Owerri as gunmen enforce lockdown, causing children to run home from school
Pandemonium broke out in Owerri, Imo State, as gunmen went about shooting and chasing those who weren’t obeying the sit-at-home order. IPOB had declared that there will be a sit-at-home every Monday to protest the arrest of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu. The sit-at-home was later cancelled but people who try to go about their businesses in the South-East on Mondays are usually harassed. Today, October 4, there was sporadic shooting as gunmen went after those who were going about their businesses in Owerri. Schoolchildren and teachers had to run home. Banks, hotels, shops and other workplaces were also hastily closed…
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Former Leicester City manager, Claudio Ranieri agrees to become new Watford head coach
Claudio Ranieri has arrived at Watford’s training ground after agreeing to become the club’s head coach. According to Sky in Italy, Ranieri is expected to sign a contract to take over at Vicarage Road on Monday. The Italian, who guided Leicester to the Premier League title in 2016, left his role as Sampdoria manager at the end of last season. Watford sacked head coach Xisco Munoz after less than 10 months in charge on Sunday morning, with the club 14th in the Premier League with seven points from their opening seven games. Spaniard Munoz replaced Vladimir Ivic in December 2020 and guided…
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Users frustrated as Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp crash worldwide
WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram apps are currently inaccessible for some users around the world. This began around 4:30 pm today October 4, according to online outage trackers. Soon after the first report came through, the hashtag #facebookdown was trending on Twitter, with users worldwide reporting issues connecting. In response to the outage, WhatsApp through their official Twitter account informed their users that they are working towards restoring the app. The tweet read; “We’re aware that some people are experiencing issues with WhatsApp at the moment. We’re working to get things back to normal and will send an update here as soon as possible.…
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Man gets strokes of cane for stealing plantain in Bayelsa
A man identified as Martins Dickson has been given some strokes of cane and fined after he was caught stealing bunches of plantain in Bayelsa State. Dickson who specializes in stealing people’s plantain on Sunday when they are in church was caught red handed in Agudama-Epe area of Yenagoa, the state capital on Sunday, October 3. His ordeal was shared in a post on Facebook, the post reads; “THIS IS MARTINS DICKSON FROM OKOBE, AHOADA-WEST LGA, RIVER STATE, NOW RESIDING IN ASSEMBLIES OF GOD STREET, AGUDAMA-EPIE, YENAGOA. HE SPECIALIZE IN STEALING PEOPLE PLANTAIN ON SUNDAY. HE WAS CAUGHT RED HANDED…
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Nigeria Maritime University student, one other drown as boat capsizes in Warri River
A student of the Nigeria Maritime University(NMU), Okerenkoko, in Warri, Delta State, and a caterer attached to the institution, have drowned in a boat mishap. The victims were identified as Popo Precious and Tamar. The incident occurred Friday morning, October 1, when the deceased and other passengers were travelling from Okerenkoko to Warri. The victims were said to have boarded a private boat instead of the school boat which they already paid for as part of their fees. According to one of the students, some of the passengers who do not know how to swim, including locals were not wearing…
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“We gave them the name bandits to just soft pedal, they are terrorists in reality” – Senator Bulkachuwa
Senator Adamu Bulkachuwa has said that bandits are infact terrorists as they carry out attacks that are not different from those of known terrorist groups. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television on Sunday night, October 3, Bulkachuwa joined calls for bandits and their sponsors to be tagged terrorists as he reiterated that any group that disturbs the peace of the people should be termed terrorists. He said; “We gave them the name bandit probably to just soft pedal because terrorism in the international arena is regarded as the most heinous crime that any group of people can engage in.…
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IPOB declares one month sit-at-home if Namdi Kanu isn’t produced in court; urges ‘Oduduwa republic’ and ‘Middle Belt’ to join
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has declared a one-month sit-at-home if its leader Nnamdi Kanu isn’t produced in court. The group has also urged Oduduwa Republic agitators, their Middle belt counterpart and Christians in the North to join its members in shutting down Nigeria for one month if the Federal Government fails to bring Kanu to court on October 21. This was according to a statement signed by IPOB spokesman, Emma Powerful on Sunday, October 3. It reads: “Following our earlier declaration of one month lockdown of Biafra land should the Nigeria Government failed to bring our leader, Mazi…
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BREAKING: Resident doctors call off strike
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, has called off its ongoing strike.The doctors had in August, embarked on strike following a disagreement with the Federal Government over some unresolved issues.However, Godiya Ishaya, NARD president, in a statement, revealed that the ongoing strike had officially been called off after a meeting with the delegates of NMA and NARD.Ishaya noted that NMA mandated the National Officers Committee, NOC, to ensure the implementation of the memorandum of understanding signed with the federal government on August 21.According to him, the association also asked NOC to report back to the National Executive Council of…
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Ending medical tourism, incessant Doctors’ strike is not Rocket Science – Wike
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has expressed that ending foreign medical tourism and incessant strike in Nigeria’s healthcare sector, is not rocket science. He averred that providing the right infrastructure, improving the welfare of medical practitioners and providing quality training opportunities for professionals are a simple but visionary approaches to solving the age-long challenge.Wike stated this over the weekend while inspecting the level of work at different medical project sites in Rivers State, including the N25billion cancer and cardiovascular disease diagnostic and treatment centre, and the basic clinic science complex.The Governor believes that Nigeria has all it takes to replicate…
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