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Nigeria’s main priority is getting the Covid-19 vaccine – Yemi Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said one of Nigeria’s main priorities now is getting the COVID-19 vaccine and this is a matter of utmost concern to the Buhari administration. He stated this on Thursday, November 12, at the opening session of the virtual edition of the Paris Peace Forum which featured presentations by some Heads of State & government alongside international organizations, on a collective response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “The priorities of Nigeria in the post-COVID-19 era include improved healthcare and the economy. First, we need to keep the virus under control. While our guards are still firmly in…
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FG owes 3,504 Contractors, Fashola tells National Assembly
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola has told the National Assembly that the N76.4bn allocated to his ministry in the 2021 budget will not be adequate. He revealed that the federal government through his ministry is already owing 3,504 contractors handling various projects across the country the sum of N69.9bn. Fashola made the disclosure on Thursday when he appeared before the joint National Assembly Committee on Housing, to defend his ministry’s 2021 budget figures. “The Housing Sector has outstanding liabilities currently to the tune of N69, 909,492,390.76. If we have N69.9billion outstanding liabilities to contractors, where can a…
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Businesswoman expresses frustrations as AMAC allegedly seals her restaurant leaving customers and staffs trapped inside
An Abuja businesswoman went online to rant after her restaurant was allegedly sealed by the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) with her customers and staffs inside. The 35-year-old woman who owns a restaurant with multiple branches in Abuja explained that her Gwarimpa branch was sealed by AMAC while she was away at a meeting. When the officials arrived, demanding a “food handlers’ receipt,” she explained over the phone that they have it but it’s in her Wuse 2 branch. She said she begged them for patience to get the receipt to them but they refused. According to her, they still…
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“Nigeria needs to learn that separation can be beneficial to all” – Nnamdi Kanu
Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has issued a warning to President Muhammadu Buhari over his refusal to order a referendum. In a series of tweets, Kanu warned that Nigerians would consider other options to ensure secession if Buhari refuses to conduct a referendum, maintaining that sovereignty is taken and not given. He further added that Nigeria needs to learn that separation can be beneficial to all. According to Kanu: “Sovereignty is not given, it is taken – Atatürk of Turkey. “Now, I say unto @NGRPresident, that if you don’t concede to a Referendum for the…
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Pastor in Anambra State stripped and paraded after he was allegedly caught with charms (Photos)
A Pastor was stripped and paraded by villagers in Umunze, Anambra, after he was allegedly caught with charms. Bishop Elijah Chukwuebuka, who is the founder of God of Light Anointing Minsitry, was allegedly caught with charms and female underwear in his church in Nsogwu, Umunze, at about 5pm on Wednesday, November 11. Youths stormed the church with the aim of burning the pastor popularly known as Big Daddy but he was rescued and taken to the Igwe’s palace in Umunze instead.
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“Defence Intelligence Agency has put a bounty on my head that I must be arrested or murdered” – Sowore alleges
Former presidential aspirant and activist, Omoyele Sowore has alleged that the Defence Intelligence Agency has put a bounty on his head for him to be murdered or arrested. In a post he made on social media, he cried out that the struggle for freedom should not be halted and the people must not give up. He wrote; ”#RevolutionNow Info reaching me now is that a signal from Defence Intelligence Agency has put a bounty on my head, that I must be arrested or murdered as they claim I would resist arrest in the next 24hrs! This is from the Defence…
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Benue Health Minister dies months after appointment
Benue State Commissioner for Health and Human Resources, Dr Emmanuel Ikwulono is dead. According to reports, the commissioner who was appointed three months ago died in Jos, Plateau state capital where he was taken for medical attention. A source from Government House, Makurdi told Daily Trust that the commissioner died from complications of surgery for a yet-to-be ascertained ailment in an undisclosed hospital.
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Boko Haram rehabilitation: “I am in disagreement with the government” – Ndume
Senator Ali Ndume, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Army, has expressed his disappointment with the President Muhammadu Buhari administration for rehabilitating repentant members of Boko Haram. Ndume spoke on Wednesday at the closed-door budget defense session with the Nigerian Army. Ndume, who has always seen the government’s deradicalizing of ex-Boko Haram members as a misplacement of priority, insisted that it was wrong for this administration to be resettling and pampering former terrorists while the country is still at war. “I am in disagreement with the government,” Ndume said The lawmaker, who represents Borno South, noted that members of the…
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EndSARS Protests: “Only a weak, paranoid leader seeks to persecute dissenting voices” – FFK
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has kicked against the CBN labeling the #EndSARS protesters whose accounts were frozen, as terrorists. The Central Bank of Nigeria had obtained a court order to freeze the accounts of 20 #EndSARS frontliners after it alleged that their accounts might have been linked to terrorist activities. Reacting to this in a tweet, Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani Kayode wrote; “The idea that the young folks that led the #EndSARS protests are terrorists is asinine nonsense & childish gobbledygook. They may be angry, verbose & brash but they are NOT terrorists. Only a weak, paranoid…
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Former Imo Governor, Ohakim arraigned over alleged misinformation, gets N10m Bail
Former Imo State Governor, Ikedi Ohakim was on Wednesday arraigned by the Police before an Abuja High Court for allegedly giving false information against one Chinyere Amuchienwa. The IGP filed charges against Ohakim for allegedly using the name of Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, to defraud unsuspecting Nigerians by claiming a plot of land reportedly for sale in Ikeja Lagos State which belongs to the Minister. The charge sheet marked CR/993/2020 and dated September 23, 2020, accused the former Governor of fraud and false information. Ohakim also alleged in his statement to the police that he gave Lady…
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Former Kaduna Governor, Balarabe Musa is dead
The former Governor of old Kaduna State Balarabe Musa is dead, he died on Wednesday at the age of 85. This was confirmed by his son, Dr Ibrahim Balarabe who shared that the ex-governor died in the early hours of Wednesday after suffering from a protracted illness. Balarabe Musa has been buried according to Islamic rites.
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#ENDSARS: Challenge CBN’s action in Court if your account is frozen – Akeredolu
Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu has backed the decision by the federal government to freeze bank accounts of citizens who participated in the #EndSARS protests. According to him, the government has operated within the provisions of the law and the affected persons have to appear in court to present facts why their accounts should not be frozen. It will be recalled that the request of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to freeze accounts of 19 Nigerians and companies linked to the #EndSARS protests has been granted by a Federal High Court in Abuja presided by Justice Ahmed Mohammed. Speaking…
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