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No administration has done more than President Buhari’s administration – APC
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that since Nigeria gained independence 1960, no administration has done more for the country than President Buhari has done since he assumed office in 2015. APC National chairman and Yobe state governor, Mai Mala Buni, stated this on Tuesday, April 20, at the maiden edition of the media interactive session of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Professional Forum. Represented at the forum by the Secretary, Caretaker Committee, Senator John James Akpanudoedehe, Buni said “They want to downgrade the government. There has not been a government like this in the history of the nation.And I am not…
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Derek Chauvin convicted of murder and manslaughter in George Floyd’s death
A Minneapolis jury has reached a verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former police officer charged with killing George Floyd after he knelt on his neck for over 9 minutes. Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all counts Tuesday, April 20, for his involvement in George Floyd’s death, a verdict that could send the disgraced former Minneapolis police officer to prison for the rest of his life. The judge announced that Chauvin was convicted of second- and -third-degree murder, as well as second-degree manslaughter. He faces up to 75 years in prison when he returns for sentencing in eight weeks.…
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Singer Temmie Ovwasa recounts how she made out with her lesbian partner at the back of a church she had gone to perform
Openly gay Nigerian singer, Temmie Ovwasa, has recounted how she went to a church to perform and then made out with her girlfriend at the back of the church. Posting via her Twitter handle, Temmie wrote ”I was 17 when I accepted an invitation to perform in a church in a town that was 6-7hrs away, just so I could see my girlfriend(asuu strike). The bus broke down in the middle of the road, that didn’t faze me. we made out at the back of the church after I performed. God is Good.”
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Nigerians should expect diminished queues from today – NNPC GMD, Mele Kyari
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, (NNPC) Mele Kyari, has assured Nigerians that the queues building up in filling stations will be diminished from today. He sadi this on Tuesday while briefing State House correspondents after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari. The industrial action by petroleum tanker drivers against their employers over issues of the compensation package had caused the lack of petrol. According to the NNPC MD, the intervention by the corporation has resulted in an amicable settlement between the concerned parties as the industrial action has been called off for a period of…
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NDLEA arrest undergraduate and her boyfriend who produce and sell drugged cookies to school children in Abuja
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a 300-level university student identified as Rhoda Agboje and her boyfriend, Ifeanyi Nwankwo, who both specialise in producing and selling drugged cookies to school children and other unsuspecting members of the public in Abuja. According to Femi Babafemi, the Spokesperson of the agency on Tuesday, he said narcotics agents with the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Command of the NDLEA have also launched a manhunt for another member of the syndicate involved in producing the cookies with Arizona, a highly psychoactive variant of cannabis; alcohol and rohypnol among other ingredients.…
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Asylum to IPOB, MASSOB members, sabotage, disrespect for Nigeria – FG attacks UK
The Nigerian government has condemned the decision of the United Kingdom to grant asylum to alleged persecuted members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra. According to Information Minister Lai Mohammed, it is a disrespect to Nigeria, and a move to sabotage the fight against terrorism and an undermining of Nigeria’s security. The government official spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an interview program on Tuesday. Mohammed said the issue is within the purview of the Foreign Affairs Minister whom he believes will handle it…
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Chad President Idriss Deby dies after 30 years in power, son to take over
Chad’s newly elected President Idriss Deby has died while visiting troops on the frontline of a fight against northern rebels, the army said on Tuesday. Deby’s son, Mahamat Kaka, was named interim president by a transitional council of military officers, spokesman Azem Bermendao Agouna said in a broadcast on state television. Deby, 68, came to power in a rebellion in 1990 and was one of Africa’s longest-ruling leaders. He and his army have been seen as a reliable Western ally in a turbulent region afflicted by jihadists. The exact cause of death was not yet clear but a European diplomatic…
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Asking ESN to work with EBUBE AGU is like asking Satan to midwife the birth of Jesus – IPOB
The Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB has rubbished calls made by some Nigerians for the collaboration of the Eastern Security Network (ESN) and the newly established security outfit, EbubeAgu to tackle the insecurity in the region. IPOB in a statement released by its spokesman, Emma Powerful condemned the calls for the merger. According to the statement, EBUBE AGU is a ghost group monitored by the Nigerian security agents, who are enemies of the ESN and its leader, Nnamdi Kanu. The group said asking ESN to work with EBUBE AGU is like asking Satan to midwife the birth of Jesus. The…
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‘Today’s Nigeria is not of a progressive country but as a mass of cumulative failure” – Oby Ezekwesili
Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has said that Nigeria is gradually slipping into a fragile state as it is now the world’s 14th most fragile state. Ezekwesili in a tweet she shared via he twitter handle noted that Nigeria under the Buhari-led administration, is not a progressive country but a mass of cumulative failure. Her tweets read; ”For 60 years, Nigeria in a classic case of failure of Nation Formation failed to make the transition from Country to Nation. Worse, it even now risks its status as a country as it steadily hobbles down the slippery slope of Fragile…
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2023: Igbo president will end agitation for Biafra – Ohanaeze
President of Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo in the nineteen Northern States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Bar Augustine Amechi has said that the agitation for Biafra can be terminated if Igbos are allowed to produce the next president in 2023. The Ohanaeze President made this known while speaking to newsmen in Abuja at a reception organised by the parent body of Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo in honour of its new executives led by Amb. George Obiozo. “The Ohaneze Ndi Igbo in the nineteen Northern states and the Federal Capital Territory ( FCT) held a meeting in Niger State some days…
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EFCC belongs to everybody and not to anybody – Bawa
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa has said that the anti-graft agency belongs to all Nigerians and not to anybody. He stated this on Monday while receiving members of a civil society organization, Civil Society Coalition for Transparency and Good Governance at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja. Bawa called on all Nigerians to embrace the fight against corruption noting that the anti-graft agency cannot win the war alone. “EFCC belongs to all Nigerians and it is not for anybody,” he was quoted as saying via a statement issued by the commission’s spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren. “We…
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The morale of many police officers has been seriously dampened now because of the rampant killings of officers”- Acting IGP, Usman Baba, laments
The acting inspector-general of police (IGP), Usman Baba, has said that the recent attacks on police stations and killings of Officers across the country have dampened the morale of police officers in the country. This follows the recent incident that took place on Monday, April 19 with the zone 13 police headquarters in Ukpo, Anambra state, which was razed following an attack by suspected hoodlums and other attacks in the South East and South South. Speaking with journalists after a meeting with President Buhari on Monday, April 19, Baba said that efforts are in place so that the situation is…
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