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Buhari will still travel for routine medical checkup – Presidency replies critics
President Muhammadu Buhari’s Personal Assistant on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, has declared that the president will still go for his routine London medical checkup in 2022 and 2023 not minding the amount of criticisms. Onochie made the remark in a tweet she shared via her Twitter handle, she said Buhari has seen his personal doctor since 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and would do same next year if he decides. The presidential aide stated this in a statement titled: “Next Year, President Buhari will go for a routine check-up. “We have been here since 2016. Its been the same wailing. So…
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Governor Umahi’s aide resigns, cites “his conscience”
Hon. Monday Kenneth Eze, Senior Technical Assistant on Media to David Umahi, the Ebonyi State Governor has resigned his appointment. Hon. Eze in his resignation letter dated Tuesday, April 6 stated his reason as not being able to betray his conscience. He wrote; “Pursuant to the dictates of my conscience and my rights as enshrined in the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, I write to hereby resign my appointment as Senior Technical Assistant to the Governor of Ebonyi State. “I thank Ebonyi State Government under Engr. David Umah, my former colleagues and Ebonyi citizenry for the opportunity…
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Tinubu deserves to emerge President in 2023 – Fasoranti
Elder Statesman and former Leader of socio-political group, Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, has thrown his weight behind the presidential ambition of the APC National Leader, Bola Tinubu. Fasoranti received members of the South West Agenda for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (SWAGA 23), who paid him a courtesy visit in his country home in Akure. He made it known that with Tinubu as president, all the prayers of Afenifere for Nigeria will be answered, particularly on the issue of restructuring and federalism. “Tinubu has all it takes to rule Nigeria. Considering his activities and track record, he deserves to be President,…
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It is illegal for Buhari to solely appoint IGP, says Ozekhome
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Mike Ozekhome, has expressed that it is unconstitutional for President Muhammadu Buhari to solely appoint Usman Alkali Baba as the acting inspector-general of police. The President had on Tuesday approved the appointment of Usman Baba to take over the office of the IGP with immediate effect. Reacting to the appointment in a statement on Tuesday, Ozekhome stated that the president lacks the power to single-handedly appoint an IGP. He backed up his point by citing “sections 7(6) and 18(8) of the Nigeria Police Act, 2020, in addition to the clear provisions of sections 214…
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We will get rid of Terrorists in no distant Time – Chief Of Air Staff
Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oladayo Amao has reiterated the commitment of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) to oust terrorists and other criminal elements in Nigeria in no distant time. He made this known during an Easter Lunch with the personnel of 013 Quick Response Force Minna, where he commiserated with families and colleagues of the three Airmen who lost their lives in Allawa operations on 1st April 2021. Air Marshal Amao reiterated the commitment of President Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigerian Air Force towards ensuring that insurgency and armed banditry are put to an end. The Chief of…
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Unpatriotic elements encouraging insecurity, says Lai Mohammed
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has expressed that some unpatriotic elements are encouraging and catalysing insecurity in some parts of the country. Speaking at a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja, Mohammed assured that the government was resolutely tackling the situation and security “will improve drastically in the days ahead.” In his words; “The truth is that the insecurity in some parts of the country is not organic, so to say. Some unpatriotic and disgruntled elements are definitely catalysing them. “But these people do not constitute the critical mass that can influence the course of our country’s history,…
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Buhari approves Appointment of Usman Alkali as Acting IGP
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of DIG Usman Alkali Baba as acting Inspector General of police. He immediately replaces Mohammed Abubakar Adamu. This was disclosed by the Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi to State House correspondents on Tuesday. According to the minister, Baba’s appointment was carefully made, after the president considered issues of professionalism, competence, and numerous years of service. The president urged DIG Usman Alkali Baba to among other things ensure that policing reform policies are fully prioritized to engender peace across the country. The newly appointed acting inspector general of police born on the 1st…
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Atiku not qualified to run for president, not Nigerian by birth – AGF Malami
The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, has told a Federal High court in Abuja that former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, is not eligible to run for presidential elections in Nigeria. The AGF through his counsel, Oladipo Okpeseyi, told the court that considering the circumstances surrounding his birth, the former vice-president cannot contest for the top office. He said the defendant was born on the 25th of November 1946 which makes him a Nigerian by virtue of the 1961 plebiscite, but not by birth. Atiku in a notice of objection filed jointly with the Peoples Democratic Party…
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Majority of people from the South East do not want secession- Bashir El-Rufai
Bashir El-Rufai, son of Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has expressed that the calls for secession is not supported by majority of people from the South East. Bashir in a tweet he shared noted that the majority he has been opportune to speak with do not want secession but a conducive economic environment. Bashir wrote; ”No reasonable person from the SE would condone violence, neither do the majority want any secession. The ones in my life & I’ve had a pleasure of interacting with (off social media) only want a conducive economic environment and Insha Allah all this violence shall…
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AK47 and army uniform recovered from leader of bandit group killed in Zamfara
The leader of a bandit group in Zamfara state has been killed by officers attached to operation Puff Adder II. In a statement by the spokesman of the state police command, Mohammed Shehu, the police operatives were on a routine patrol on Sunday, April 4 when they intercepted some bandits who were reportedly on their way to attack a community. The leader of the bandit group was killed during a gun duel between the police and the bandits while others reportedly fled with “possible” gunshot injuries. Shehu noted that AK47, a military uniform, and a motorcycle were recovered. The statement…
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Kogi residents flog two men for staging #BuhariMustGo protest in the state
Some residents of Kogi state took it upon themselves to flog two men for staging a #BuhariMustGo protest in the state. The men stormed the area with placards with inscriptions that read ”Buhari Must Go” and also painting the same on the walls of the environment. They were however intercepted by some youths in the area who made it clear that Kogi state is for Buhari and that their protest was not welcomed. They used whips to flog the men as they ordered them to clean the declaration they wrote on the wall.
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“Serving his country was all he wanted to do since he was 9” – Sister of missing NAF Alpha-Jet’s pilot, Flight Lieutenant Chapele Ebiakpo says
Tracy Chapele-Ugo, sister to NAF Alpha-Jets pilot, Flight Lieutenant Chapele Ebiakpor is in a state of mourning after the death of her brother following the crash of the NAF alpha-Jet aircraft which went out of radar contact on the 31st of March. The Sports journalist and Pidgin commentator, in a tweet she shared on twitter revealed that her brother had always wanted to serve Nigeria since he was 9. She wrote; “Nigeria will kill you eventually. So that’s how my baby brother just died. Serving his country. Since he was 9 that’s all he ever wanted to do. And he…
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