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Atiku Abubakar receives Pfizer Coronavirus vaccine
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has received the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. This was revealed in a statement by his spokesperson , Paul Ibe where he expressed hope of Nigerians, especially medical professionals in the frontline and the most vulnerable in the country receiving the vaccine. “The importance of the #COVID19 vaccine in mitigating the effect of the coronavirus cannot be overstated, particularly in Africa and Nigeria. Yesterday (Wednesday), as part of the mass vaccination programme, His Excellency Atiku Abubakar received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. “He is anxiously looking forward to when Nigerians, especially medical professionals…
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US Capitol: “Nobody’s political ambition is worth the blood of any citizen” – Goodluck Jonathan
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said that nobody’s political ambition is worth the blood of any citizen anywhere in the world. He stated this in a post on Facebook moments after the United States Congress came under attack by supporters of President Donald Trump as some of the supporters were killed. In his post, Jonathan stated that there was a need for leaders to resist the urge to hold on to power adding that leaders must choose the path of honour and put the interest of their people first. He wrote, “I have repeatedly said nobody’s political ambition is worth…
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“Nigeria could have gone up in flames if Jonathan did not concede” – Reno Omokri says following the invasion of US Capitol Hill by Trump’s supporters
Former Presidential spokesman, Reno Omokri has reacted to the invasion of the US Capitol Hill by staunch supporters of Donald Trump. Using the United States present predicament as an example, Reno noted that Nigerians need appreciate what former President Goodluck Jonathan did in 2015 when he conceded the presidential election and congratulated President Buhari. According to him, if Jonathan did not concede, Nigeria could have gone up in flames adding that his power of love was greater than his love for power. He wrote; ”What is currently happening in the US should cause those who never appreciated what Jonathan did…
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Four dead after Donald Trump’s supporters stormed US Capitol and clashed with police in a bid to stop Joe Biden’s victory being certified
Four people have been killed and dozens arrested after Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the US Capitol and clashed with police in a bid to stop Joe Biden’s victory being certified. A female Trump supporter, Ashli Babbit was the first person confirmed dead after she was shot in the chest. Babbit was part of the dozens of other protesters who breached security perimeters at the Capitol on Wednesday afternoon, Dec 6. Babbit’s husband revealed her identity to San Diego news outlet KUSI. He said Babbit was a 14-year veteran who served four tours with Air Force as a “high level security…
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It should be a crime to bring children into this world you don’t intend to train and nurture – Japheth Omojuwa
Media personality, Japheth J. Omojuwa has expressed that it should be a capital crime for people to give birth to children they don’t intend to train and nurture. In a tweet he shared via his twitter handle, the media personality noted that such acts should be classified as an unforgivable sin because it is “like bringing a life into the world to make them suffer before killing them.” He tweeted; It should be a crime to bring children into this world you don’t intend to train and nurture. It should be a capital crime, because it’s like bringing a life…
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Wike to APC: Be courageous to handover Power in 2023
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has called out the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to be courageous enough to hand over power come 2023 as he expressed that Nigerians are earnestly waiting for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to take over power at the federal level. According to him, Nigerians want this change because they desire a party that can enshrine good governance, improved economy, and developmental projects that PDP has continued to provide in the states that it controls Wike made this assertion at the inauguration of the 11.53 kilometers Agbonchai-Afam road, connecting Eleme and Oyigbo Local Government Areas,…
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“Kukah’s Christmas message was a calculated attempt to insult Islam which is typical of him”- JNI
Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) has accused Matthew Kukah, bishop of Sokoto Catholic diocese of attempting to insult Islam with his Christmas message. Kukah had alleged that there could have been a coup if a non-Northern Muslim President did a fraction of what President Buhari has done. Reacting to this, the JNI in a statement signed by its secretary-general Khalid Abubakar Aliyu, said the message was a poisoned arrow fired at the heart of Islam and Muslims in Nigeria, hence the need for their intervention. The group alleged that the Catholic Bishop initiated the attack even when he was welcomed in…
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Nigerian leaders steal money, go to Jerusalem, Saudi to pray – Kukah
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah has once again taken a swipe at corrupt officials in Nigeria. Speaking at the wake mass for Archbishop Peter Yariyock Jatau at St. Joseph’s Catholic Cathedral in Kaduna in a sermon he titled, “A Nation in Search of Its Soul”, Kukah said citizens usually complain that the country is full of churches and mosques but cannot find the values of religions in their leaders. “We sin at home by stealing the nation’s resources but we seek repentance and forgiveness in Saudi Arabia and Jerusalem in the guise of lesser or…
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“Stop following me if you believe any statement made by Don Davis’ mother” – Reno Omokri defends Pastor Kumuyi
Reno Omokri has thrown his weight behind the General Overseer of Deeper Life Church, Pastor Williams Kumuyi amidst the controversy involving the church and Deborah Okezie after her disclosures involving her son, Don Davis’ ordeal in a Deeper Life School in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state. Omokri who doesn’t believe anything the student’s mother had alleged, in an Instagram post, made it known that that anyone who believes things Okezie said has happened since she went public with the abuses her son suffered in the school, should stop following him. According to him, such following is an insult to him as…
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Boko Haram: Western nations have shown us more concern than Arab countries – Borno Gov, Babagana Zulum
The Borno state governor, Babagana Zulum, says the state has received more help and humanitarian support from western countries than the Arab countries in its fight against Boko Haram. Governor Zulum stated this when he received the Palestinian Ambassador to Nigeria, Saleh Fheied Saleh in his office on Tuesday evening January 5. In his words “In the midst of challenges with the Boko Haram insurgency, countries from the west have shown more concern for the plight of Borno people than rich Arab nations whose people share similarity of religion and culture with the majority of Borno citizens,” he said.I am…
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Lagos Deputy Gov, Obafemi Hamzat loses his 37-year-old medical doctor brother, Haroun to COVID19
The half-brother of Obafemi Hamzat, the deputy governor of Lagos state, Haroun, has died. A medical doctor by profession, Haroun, 37, died after testing positive for COVID19. Until his death, late Haroun worked at a primary healthcare centre in Orile Agege local council development area of the state. Confirming his passing, the Lagos chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) said the incident has cast a “dark moment” over the association. “We announce with deep regret the death of our very young colleague, Dr Haroun Hamzat. Its “sunset at dawn” as he was just 37 years old.He worked as a medical…
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Kano stops payment of 30k minimum wage, reverts to 18k
The Kano government has stopped payment of N30,000 minimum wage to civil servants in the state and have now reverted to the former N18,000 minimum wage. Salihu Tanko-Yakasai, spokesperson to Governor Abdullahi Ganduje said they reverted to the former minimum wage due to ‘COVID-19-induced recession’. He added that the state government can’t afford to pay the N30,000 minimum wage. Yakasai told The Cable; “The state government has reverted to the initial minimum pay due to the recession. What we are getting now as a government has reduced, and we can’t afford to pay the N30,000 minimum wage.” A civil servant who spoke to…
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