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“Nigeria is Poor” — Lawan insists on borrowing to fund Infrastructure
President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan has insisted that borrowing is the only way the country can fund its infrastructural needs. He said Nigeria is poor. Speaking with journalists after meeting President Muhammadu Buhari at the Aso Rock villa on Thursday, Lawan said increasing tax to raise more revenue is not an option for now. “Our options are really very limited as a country. First, we don’t have the necessary revenues. Nigeria is poor; we shouldn’t deceive ourselves,” he said. “Nigeria is not rich, given the circumstances we live in, given the challenges we have. Our resources are so…
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“Be careful, they want to assassinate you” – Primate Ayodele warns Gov Ortom
The Leader Of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has warned the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom concerning some of the things God showed him. Primate Ayodele revealed that God showed him an assassination attempt on Ortom’s life. He warned the Governor to be careful of his outings, while also stating that he should work on land and ethnicity crisis in some local governments in the State. Primate Ayodele also advised the governor not to decamp to the All Progressives Congress, APC, urging him to move closer to God to avert evil occurrence that is about to happen to…
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Buhari approves allocation of houses to 1994 Super Eagles squad
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the allocation of three-bedroom houses to members of the victorious Super Eagles squad of 1994, which won the Tunis 94 edition of the African Cup of Nations. A statement by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, said the approval was contained in a memo issued by the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola. “President Muhammadu Buhari has approved allocation of 3-bedroom houses to the Super Eagles Squad that won the African Cup of Nations in Tunis, Tunisia, in 1994, making real a promise by the Federal Government.…
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Why I killed Super TV CEO – 300l Unilag student
21-year-old 300 level student of the University of Lagos, Chidinma Adaora Ojukwu, was arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for stabbing her lover, Super TV CEO, Mr Usifo Ataga to death. She revealed that she stabbed the deceased, after he had sexual intercourse with her. The suspect was paraded at the Lagos State Police Command Headquarters in Ikeja on Thursday. The undergraduate student of Unilag said she attacked and stabbed Mr Ataga to death during their stay in a short-let apartment in Lagos after telling her parents she was going for an ushering Job. According to Chidinma Adaora, “I…
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BREAKING: Buhari to leave Nigeria for medical appointment
President Muhammadu Buhari would depart the country for London, the United Kingdom (UK), on Friday for a scheduled medical follow-up. According to a statement by Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, the President is expected back in the country in the second week of July. “President Muhammadu Buhari will proceed to London, the United Kingdom on Friday, June 25, 2021, for a scheduled medical follow-up. “He is due back in the country during the second week of July, 2021,” the statement said. It would be recalled that the President left the country for a medical check-up in…
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Gunmen abduct Kogi Lawmaker, others from Abuja Hotel
An unspecified number of persons, including a two-term former member of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Friday Sani Makama have been abducted from a hotel in Abuja, by gunmen. The attack occurred in the early hours of Thursday, when the heavily armed men stormed the Hilltop hotel located in Tugun Maga village, in Zuba area of the FCT. Kogiflame reports that the hotel Manager called a family member related to Makama, Prince Frederick Adejoh (Oma Onu Aya), and others in a distress call, saying they have been kidnapped. The motive of the abduction is yet to be ascertained. It…
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Breaking: Court grants Baba Ijesha N2m bail
Nollywood Actor, Baba Ijesha has been granted bail in the sum of two million naira and two sureties to The judge, Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Ikeja Special Offences Court ordered that one of the sureties must be a blood relative of the defendant and the other, a lawyer. The defendant is facing a six-count charge bordering on indecent treatment of a child, sexual assault, attempted sexual assault by penetration and sexual assault by penetration.
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IPOB vs bandits: You are terrorists’ main sponsor in Nigeria – Nnamdi Kanu attacks Gumi
Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has accused Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi of being the main sponsor of banditry and terrorism in Nigeria. Kanu said this in reaction to Gumi’s claim that IPOB was killing security operatives in the Southeast while bandits only abducted students for money. Speaking through the spokesman of IPOB, Emma Powerful, Kanu insisted that Gumi was a terrorist with no empathy for victims of terrorism in the country. He further stated that Gumi only wants to blackmail IPOB and ESN with his fabricated propaganda that they are attacking Northerners so as…
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Falana faults FG, says decision to meet with Twitter should have come earlier
Popular human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has faulted the Federal Government’s recent decision to have talks with Twitter following the ban on the company’s operation in the country. Speaking on Channels TV’s Politics Today on Wednesday, Falana stated that the decision to meet should have been planned before the suspension was done. He however stated it was a good development. “The Federal Government meeting with Twitter is a good development but in many instances, they put the cart before the horse. I feel this should have been done earlier. “The government protested when it was dissatisfied with certain developments. This…
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Soludo wins Anambra APGA Governorship Primary Election
Professor Chukwuma Soludo , former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Wednesday emerged as the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA ) for the forthcoming Governorship election in Anambra. Soludo obtained a total of 740 votes out of 792 valid votes cast by the delegates. The returning officer issued the APGA candidate’s return certificate after Governor Willie Obiano raised Soludo’s hand as the party’s duly elected candidate in the upcoming election . In his remark, Obiano congratulated Soludo on his victory while calling on party supporters to continue supporting the party. In his acceptance speech,…
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Only South West has properly managed its diversity – Jonathan
Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan has expressed that only the Southwest region of the country has been able to properly manage its diversity. The former president said this in an address at the 13th Joe-Kyari Gadzama Public Lecture with the theme: ‘Redefining Democracy: Yearnings of the Minority in a Democratic Setting,’ which was held virtually. He attributed Nigeria’s current problems to its failure to properly manage its diversity in a way that gives minorities a sense of belonging. Jonathan said, “That is the only part of Nigeria where we feel has been able to manage religion and development very…
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Buhari has nothing to do with proposed amendment of press council bill….ask Lai Mohammed – Femi Adesina
President Muhammadu Buhari’s media aide, Femi Adesina has said that his principal has nothing to do with the proposed amendment of the press council bill. Many media stakeholders have kicked against the bill which seeks to repeal and re-enact the NPC act. According to these stakeholders, the bill is unconstitutional and will make it difficult for media houses to operate in an atmosphere of freedom and hold those in the position of authority to account. Answering questions from state house correspondents after the weekly meeting of the federal executive council (FEC) in Abuja on Wednesday June 23, Adesina said only the minister of information and culture, Lai Mohammed…
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