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Update: Abia state Governor suspends his Chief of Staff for spraying Odumeje Indaboski, money in the office
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia state has suspended his Chief of Staff, Anthony Agbazuere, for spraying clergyman, Odumeje Indaboski, money in his office. His suspension is contained in a statement released by the Secretary to the State Government, Barr. Chris Ezem. It reads “Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has directed the immediate suspension from office of the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Dr ACB Agbazuere.The Permanent Secretary, Government House, Mr Alozie Odoemelam, will perform the duties of the office of Chief of Staff until further notice.Thank you.”
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Newly graduated medical doctor preparing for NYSC and his friend burnt to death in ghastly accident in Katsina
Two friends were on Saturday, burnt to death in a ghastly accident along Katsina-Dutsinma road. The accident occurred at about 3pm on Saturday afternoon, December 5, when their Toyota Camry crashed and burst into flames. Two of the friends have been identified as Dr. Sadiq Yahaya Zakka, a medical doctor who recently graduated from a university in China and was preparing for his mandatory National Youth Service, and Auwal Shehu Danfaranshi. A friend of the victims, Serdeeq said one of the occupants of the vehicle identified as Fahad survived and is currently receiving treatment at an undisclosed hospital. Late Dr. Zakka’s cousin,…
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Please don’t have kids from different women, it is draining – Ubi Franklin advises men
Business executive, Ubi Franklin, who has four children from four different women, has advised men to ensure they do not make the same mistake. In an epistle he wrote on his Instastory, Ubi pointed out that it is emotionally draining to deal with the different mothers of his children. In his posts, he appreciated the mothers of his children while pointing out that if not for his children, he would have taken his life. Read his posts below
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2015: I rejected Jonathan and backed Buhari because I’m not tribalistic – Rotimi Amaechi says
Minister of Transport and former Rivers state governor, Rotimi Amaechi, says he backed the presidential ambition of President Buhari in 2015 because he isn’t a tribalistic Nigeria. Amaechi said this when he received politicians defecting from PDP to APC in Rivers state on Saturday, December 5. As governor of Rivers state, Amaechi left the PDP for the APC in November 2013 and became the director-general of Buhari’s presidential campaign. This caused a strain in his relationship with Jonathan and Amaechi. While receiving the defectors, Amaechi said former President Goodluck Jonathan made him several offers to remain in the PDP but he…
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Nigerians attack Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, for Playing golf while security situation worsens
Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has been attacked online by Nigerians for attending a Golfing program on Saturday, December 5, despite the worsening insecurity across the country. Buratai, performed the foundation laying ceremony for the construction of the TY Buratai International Golf Resort and Country Clubhouse at the Mambila Barracks, Abuja. Journalist, Jafaar Jafaar, shared the photo of the Army Chief on his Twitter handle and shared his dissatisfaction ”Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff Buratai tees off today in Abuja. Out there in the North East, Boko Haram is unleashing terror, while bandits are holding the North…
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Instead of Scientists and Engineers, Nigeria’s Space Agency is employing graduates of religious studies- Senator Boroffice
Deputy Senate Majority Leader and Chairman Senate Committee on Science and Technology, Ajayi Boroffice, has expressed worries after he recently discovered that the space agency in Nigeria that should be employing scientists and engineers are employing graduates of religious studies and other unrelated courses. Boroffice said this at the annual national space dialogue/media conference on space science and technology on Friday, December 4. He said the agency needs to be sanitized as such actions amount to misemployment considering the fact that the support staff of the agency constitutes about 80 percent of the workforce. He also alleged that people pay between N2 million…
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Nigerian Billionaire, Harry Akande is dead
Harry Akande, a Nigerian billionaire and the Agba Oye of Ibadanland, is dead. He died on Saturday at the age of 77. A statement by the family said the business mogul died while battling an illness. “His greatest passion was for a better Nigeria that guaranteed equity and justice for all. It is our fervent hope that this will be a reality in the not too distant future”, it read. The family said his passing was a huge shock to his immediate and extended family, friends and associates. They urged everyone to keep them in prayers “as while we pass…
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Lekki Toll Gate Massacre: There was no single corpse, some persons were seeing double – Buratai
Chief of army staff, Tukur Buratai has said that there was no single corpse at the Lekki tollgate on October 20 when the military drove in and fired shots at EndSARS protesters. According to him, some people saw double during the shooting incident. The Army Chief shared this opinion when he spoke at the decoration of 39 newly promoted major-generals on Friday, December 4. He opined that a spiritual warfare seminar held by the army helped in preventing deaths at the protest ground. In his words; “I am glad that we held the Spiritual Warfare Seminar on Wednesday and most…
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US cancels fee imposed on Visa Application for Nigerians
The United States has removed the reciprocity fee imposed on visa applications for Nigerians. This was disclosed in a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and took effect from December 3. “The ministry of foreign affairs wishes to inform that the United States government has removed all visa reciprocity fees for Nigerian citizens seeking visas to the United States,” the ministry’s spokesman, Ferdinand Nwonye, said. “The positive development is in line with the removal of excess visa application, processing and biometric fees for United States citizens applying for Nigerian visas by the Nigerian government”.
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Insecurity: Omokri reveals what he would do in Buhari’s Position
Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri has revealed what he would do concerning the recent attack on farmers by Boko Haram in Borno and the insecurity situation of the country. There have been calls from different sectors for the resignation of the President and the replacement of his service chiefs. In a new post on his Twitter page, Omokri stated that if he was in the President’s shoes, he would have paid a condolence visit to the families of the victims, declared national mourning after addressing the nation, replace the service chiefs and deploy the Chief of Army Staff to the…
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“Digitizing govt processes, operations, key to curbing corruption”– Isa Pantami
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has shared that the key to winning the war against corruption of Government is by the digitization of Government process and operations The minister made this observation at a National seminar on Anti-Corruption organized by the Code of Conduct Bureau, (CCB) with the support of Central Bank of Nigeria with the theme: “Code of Conduct Bureau: Fighting Corruption For Socio-Economic Development in Nigeria held in Abuja. Pantami was represented by the Director-General of National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), He said, “When you Digitize government operations and processes,…
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Bringing private issues to social media to address is foolishness – Actress, Monalisa Chinda
Monalisa Chinda is wondering why people bring their private issues to social media to address. The Nollywood actress described the move as ‘foolishness’ and made an appeal to her followers not to ‘like, forward or send mean and wicked messages’ they see online. Taking to her Instagram story, she wrote: “Why on earth do people address private issues (be it business, relationships etc) on Social???.”“What sort of foolishness is this? Please do not like forward or send mean and wicked messages you see online.”
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