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2023: Nigerians should reward Tinubu with presidency – Reps member, Hunpe
A member of the House of Representatives, Babatunde Hunpe, has urged Nigerians to support the presidential ambition of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu by rewarding him with the presidency come 2023. According to the lawmaker, this should be so because the National leader has paid his dues. “So, what we should do to reward him now is to support him, if he wants to contest the 2023 presidential election, he said “We are doing this because of our individual interest, but this is not the best as it cannot take us anywhere. “Tinubu has…
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‘God forbid’ — Yahaya Bello rejects COVID-19 Vaccine, says it is meant to Kill
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has reportedly kicked against the use of COVID-19 vaccine. The Kogi State Governor made this claim in a video widely circulating on Facebook since Sunday morning, TheCable reports Speaking while addressing a crowd, Bello doubted the authenticity of the vaccine, questioning how they were able to come up with a vaccine for Covid-19 in less than a year and that of HIV and other diseases haven’t yet been discovered. He said; “Vaccines are being produced in less than one year of COVID-19. There is no vaccine yet for HIV, malaria, cancer, headache and for…
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Maina has partial stroke and needs urgent medical attention – Lawyer alleges
Anayo Adibe, the legal representative of the former chairman of Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, has alleged that his client suffered a partial stroke at the Kuje correctional centre where he is being detained. Adibe speaking on We FM alleged that his client is in a very bad shape after he was re-arrested in Niger Republic and extradited to Nigeria when he jumped bail. He further noted that the correctional centre’s facility is not equipped enough to give Maina adequate medical attention adding that he has filed an application for his client to be granted bail on health…
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Biden won’t support Buhari’s government – Pat Utomi
Political economist, Prof Patrick Utomi has expressed that the incoming government of Joe Biden won’t support the Buhari-led Administration. He shared this in an interview with The PUNCH on Monday January 18. According to him, the former US President Barack Obama and his then-deputy Joe Biden, backed a regime change in Nigeria in 2015 but there hasn’t been any change yet as the Country has become a dangerous place to live in. He said; “Obama was an extreme activist in seeking regime change in Nigeria because of the vast corruption and many of us supported the move but we later…
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Comedian Owen Gee kicks against school reopening says Son contracted Covid-19 last term
Nigerian Comedian, Owen Gee has frowned at the plan by the government to reopen schools as he shared the story of how his nine-year-old son contracted Coronavirus while in school last term. Owen Gee in an interview with Punch said him, his wife, and his first son got infected with the virus while looking after his second son who got diagnosed with the disease. He said; “I have two kids, one is in primary while the other is in secondary school. Last term, one of my kids came home ill and was sick for a while. We kept treating him…
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CNN’s Stephanie Busari, in shock after receiving N150k Bill from Eko EDC even though she was not home for a Month and appliances were off
Stephanie Busari, CNN correspondent, has taken to her Twitter handle to express her shock at the outrageous bill sent to her home by the Eko Electricity Distribution Company. Busari in a tweet posted on her handle said she was hardly in her home in December 2020 and was shocked to receive a bill of N150, 000 from PHCN. ”I was away for all of December and all major appliances were off, and somehow according to @EKEDP my electricity bill was 150k. This is more than even the months I was there. Amazing!” Other Nigerians took to her comment section to tell their…
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Stay away from churches – CAN tells sick and elderly people
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has advised sick and too old people to stay away from worship centres following the second wave of COVID-19 being witnessed in the country. The leadership of CAN advised Christians to continue to adhere to laid down protocols by the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 to curb the spread of the pandemic. The Christian group also called for a stop to direct contact and practices such as handshakes. A statement released by CAN’s General Secretary, Barrister Joseph Daramola on Monday January 18 read; “Brethren, the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has announced the emergence of…
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A lie from the pit of hell – FFK attacks Borno state Gov, Zulum, over his claim that some Christians are members of Boko Haram
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, this evening via his Twitter handle, attacked the Governor of Borno state, Babagana Zulum, who over the weekend, alleged that some Christians are members of the deadly sect group, Boko Haram. Governor Zulum made the allegation while speaking at the 17th Chief Gani Fawehinmi annual lecture last week. The governor in his speech at the ceremony, said “Our borders are so porous and proliferation of arms is existing there. I’m from Borno State, and many of our children are into Boko Haram. I’m not denying the fact. But again, they are being sponsored by many people across…
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Barcelona star, Lionel Messi facing possible 12 match ban for punching opponent during Super Cup final against Athletic Bilbao
Barcelona superstar, Lionel Messi could be hit with 12 matches ban after he was sent off in the last minute of Barcelona’s Spanish Super Cup final defeat to Athletic Bilbao on Sunday night. The Argentine playmaker was sent off as Barcelona were beaten 3-2 by Athletico Bilbao. It was Messi’s first red card for Barcelona and only the third of his career. Referee Gil Manzano missed the incident initially but after a VAR review, he showed Messi a straight red card for violent conduct. Messi now faces being suspended between four and 12 matches, depending on the way the Spanish…
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Trump to issue more than 100 pardons on his final day in office but is warned by experts against pardoning himself and the D.C Rioters
President Donald Trump is reportedly set to issue more 100 pardons and commutations of sentence on his final day in the office but is warned against self-pardon. A list of names was drawn up by Trump on Sunday during a meeting in the White House with Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump, and numerous other aides ahead of the swearing in of President-elect Joe Biden, The Washington Post reported. Since losing the 3 November elections, Mr. Trump has already issued pardons to at least 45 people but had to pause while preparing up for the 6 January session of the US Congress,…
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FG insists on deadline for National Identification Number NIN registration
The Federal government has insisted that the deadlines given for the registration of all Subscriber Identification Modules with valid National Identity Numbers were still in force. Recall that in December 2020, the Federal government issued a directive to all mobile network providers to block telephone lines that are not linked with a valid NIN number. This has seen many Nigerians thronging the various NIN registration centers to get their numbers. Following the widespread opposition to the initial deadline for synchronization, the Federal government gave a three-week extension for subscribers with NIN to link their sim cards from December 30, 2020, to January 19,…
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There is evident confusion on how to tackle the second wave of Coronavirus – Shehu Sani
Former Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani has stated that there is an evident confusion on how to tackle the second wave of Coronavirus. The former lawmaker said this in reaction to the way states and the federal government have handled the disease lately. According to Shehu Sani, reopening schools and other COVID-19 regulatory measures should be a matter for the states and not the FG. He tweeted; Reopening schools and other #COVID19 regulatory measures should be a matter for the states and not the FG;the 36 states including FCT have different infection rates.There is evident confusion on how to tackle the…
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