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Matawalle gives bandits two-month ultimatum to surrender
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, has issued a two-month ultimatum to all bandits in the state to either repent and surrender their weapons or face the serious consequences that follow. He gave the deadline on Tuesday evening during a state-wide broadcast at the Government House in Gusau. The governor decried that the activities of informants were becoming worrisome and asked residents engaging in such acts to have a rethink. He warned that the state government would squarely face any bandit that refused to surrender within the stipulated time as he made it known that the Federal Government would soon deploy…
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Biafra will give free oil to Ghana, Togo, Benin Republic, Ivory Coast – Nnamdi Kanu
Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has promised to distribute free oil to some African countries when Biafra finally secedes from Nigeria. The countries include; Ghana, Togo, Benin Republic, Ivory Coast and Gambia. According to him, the decision was to prove that the secession for Biafra was not for oil or money but out of the need to free the entire black race from subjugation. Kanu disclosed this in a statement signed by IPOB’s spokesman, Emma Powerful. The statement reads: “Kanu equally promised to give free oil and gas to Ghana, Togo, Benin Republic, Ivory Coast,…
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Nigerians denied visa on or after Jan 20, 2020, due to Trump ban can reapply for free – US
The US State Department has said that US visa applicants, who were denied due to Trump’s travel ban on 13 Muslim and African countries, can now seek new decisions or submit new applications. President Joe Biden overturned Trump’s travel ban on his first day in office, Jan 20. According to Reuters, the US State Department spokesman, Ned Price in a statement on Monday, March 8, said applicants who were refused visas before Jan. 20, 2020, must submit new applications and pay a new application fee while those who were denied on or after Jan. 20, 2020, may seek reconsideration without…
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COVID-19: FG frustrating ABUAD’s efforts to develop vaccine – Afe Babalola
Afe Babalola, owner of the Afe Babalola University has accused the Federal Government of frustrating efforts of his institution in developing the COVID-19 vaccine. He made this accusation while speaking on Monday during Abuad’s 8th convocation ceremonies in Ado Ekiti. Babalola knocked the Nigerian government for querying the institution while seeking approval to provide the vaccine. “After working day and night for many months, applications were made to appropriate government agencies. When asked for accelerated action, we were rebuffed and they queried us on why we were in a hurry and added that after all, it takes four years in…
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Law permits me to remain in office till 2023 – IGP, Adamu
Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu, has informed the Federal High Court in Abuja that the law permits him to remain in office till either 2023 or 2024. He stated this in his court documents filed to counter a suit challenging the three-month extension granted him by President Muhammadu Buhari in February. According to the Police Chief, his tenure will lapse in 2023 if counted from 2019 when he was appointed as the IGP or 2024 if counted from 2020 when the new Nigeria Police Act came into force. He said that the office of the IGP is not governed…
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UK Govt to return £4.2m Ibori Loot
The United Kingdom is set to return looted assets worth £4.2 million linked to former Delta State Governor, James Ibori. Catriona Laing, British high commissioner to Nigeria, signed a memorandum to that effect with Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation, in Abuja on Tuesday. Laing expressed that the money was recovered from friends and family members of the former governor. She lamented that many Nigerians were in the habit of siphoning money from the country to the UK, saying that has also affected the level of trust between the two countries. Laing, however, warned that the UK will no longer…
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Sec-Gen of the Medical and Health Workers’ Union of Nigeria, his wife and daughter die in fatal accident along Kaduna-Abuja road
Sectetary-General of the Medical and Health Workers’ Union of Nigeria, Comrade Silas Gadani Adamu, has died in a fatal accident alongside his wife and daughter. Late Adamu was said to be driving with his wife Mrs. Silas Adamu and daughter Joyce Kubai Adamu, when their vehicle rammed into a truck parked along the Kaduna-Abuja road on Monday, March 8. Friends and family have taken to social media to share their condolences. Senator Shehu Adamu while reacting to the sad news via his Twitter handle, wrote; ”Comrade Silas Adamu, his wife and daughter died in a road accident along Kaduna Abuja…
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Why more Women aren’t participating in Politics – Ezekwesili
Former minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili has expressed that Nigerian women are not participating a lot in politics because of “self-imposed limitations, cultural and institutional barriers” She made this assertion while speaking at a virtual conference organised by the Lead Generation Initiative (LGI) on Monday. Ezekwesili noted that the society would be more stable if women were included in governance, because it benefits not just them but everyone. She further stated that there is need for enhancement of the capacity of women to make quality decisions before they occupy public offices.
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Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria has become a clannish religious enterprise – Chris Okotie says
Former Presidential candidate and Senior pastor of the Household of God Church in Lagos, Chris Okotie, has condemned the leadership of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria. In a post he shared on Facebook, the clergyman said the Christian body has become a clannish religious enterprise with a disguised political approach. In his words; ”PFN has become a clannish religious enterprise. It is akin to an amorphous political entity with a Christian silhouette. Leadership in the church of God is by divine appointment and not the whims and caprices of a disjointed assemblage of Episcopalian pacifists.Rev Chris Okotie”
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Nigerian Army issues strong warning to Sheikh Gumi over ethnic comments
The Nigerian Army has warned popular Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi and other “opinion merchants”, to exercise restrain with their comments. This was contained in a statement on Monday signed by Director, Army Public Relations, Mohammed Yerima. The Army said contrary to Gumi’s statements to bandits recently that Christian soldiers were the ones killing the bandits, the Army does not deploy troops along religious or ethnic lines. “While the Nigerian Army would not want to join issues with the respected Sheikh Ahmed Gumi, it is however important to restate that the Nigerian Army as national institution, does not deploy its…
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Nigeria divided, witnessed more hatred, disunity under APC – Lamido
Former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido has expressed that Nigeria is more divided under the All Progressives Congress, APC. He said Nigeria has witnessed more hate and disunity. Speaking during the inauguration of Rumuji, Ibaa, Obelle Isokpo road in Emouha Local Government Area of Rivers State, Lamido pointed out that the ruling party has “no vision and has been disintegrated.” He said; “In the last five years of APC in government, Nigeria has become more divided. “There is more hate and disunity between North and South, East and West, Muslim and Christians even and ever and ever, there are…
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Obasanjo is Nigeria’s Best President Since 1999 – Moghalu
Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Kingsley Moghalu has described Olusegun Obasanjo as the best president Nigeria has had since 1999. He stated that the former president was successful because “he was focused on Nigeria as his constituency, not his ethnic group.” He made this statement on his social media page few days after Obasanjo marked his 84th birthday. Moghalu said, “OBJ, faults and all, is our best President since 1999. One key reason for his success is that he was focused on Nigeria as his constituency not his ethnic group. All his career was federal/international –…
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