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“We have vowed to resist any planned protest in Lagos” – Police reveals
The Lagos State police has shared that its officials have vowed to resist any form of planned protests in the state. In a statement shared by the police, it was made known that they have received information that there are ongoing plans to orchestrate violence in the state and they will stop at nothing to terminate any protest, peaceful or otherwise. The statement further warned that no one should take part in any procession or gathering but go about their lawful businesses. Read the statement below: “The Lagos State Police Command has vowed to resist any form of planned protest,…
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INEC announces date to Introduce Electronic voting in Nigeria’s Elections
Professor Yakubu Mahmood, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has stated that electronic voting may be introduced during the 2021 governorship election in Anambra State. He disclosed this while defending the commission’s 2021 budget before the House of Reps Committee on INEC on Thursday. According to him, the electoral body is working on a better measure to conduct free and fair elections in the country. “I, however, urge the Senate to approve the spending of N5.2 billion from the special INEC fund to make up for the shortfall in the 2020 budget which was reduced due to the…
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“Congratulations to our Ekiti Daughter” – Fayemi congratulates Minnesota State’s Nigerian Lawmaker, Esther Agbaje
Governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi has sent out a congratulatory note to Nigerian Lady, Esther Agbaje who was just elected into Minnesota’s house of representative. Fayemi in a tweet shared on his handle this afternoon, said Agbaje is a proud Ekiti daughter whose parents are from Aramoko Ekiti as he just extended his best wishes to them. ”Congratulations to our Ekiti daughter and Harvard graduate for winning a landmark legislative seat into the Minnesota state assembly. I just spoke to her proud parents from Aramoko Ekiti and extended the best wishes of all our people. JKF” Governor Fayemi tweeted
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EndSARS protest: “Remove your Hijab”- Muslims tell Aisha Yesufu (Photos)
Aisha Yesufu, Human Rights activist has been attacked by her Muslim brethren over her involvement in the #EndSARS protest. Taking to Twitter to share screenshots of fellow Muslims who have told her to remove her hijab, Aisha wrote; “This is a thread of a few screenshot of fellow Muslims who have told me to remove my hijab. It is not religion for them. It is oppression of women and they are not able to deal with one who refuses to be oppressed!”
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Use your firearm when your life is in danger – IGP, Adamu Mohammed tells Police Officers
Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police, Adamu Mohammed, has advised police officers to only use their firearms to protect themselves whenever they are in the face of any form of danger. He gave the advice while addressing police officers recently. The Police chief is currently on a tour to different state commands to assess the level of destruction each command suffered during the civil unrest that broke out across the country after hoodlums hijacked the #EndSARS protests. Several police officers were killed and many stations destroyed in the wake of the unrest. “All that happened in terms of attacks on the…
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“US Election was full of rigging, we need to ‘rent’ them our able INEC chairman” – Adamu Garba
Ex-presidential aspirant, Adamu Garba, has reacted to the ongoing US elections which according to him is filled with rigging. In a tweet shared via his twitter handle, Garba has suggested that the US ”rents” the chairman of INEC, Yakubu Mahmud, so he can help the country conduct a ”free and fair election.” He shared his suggestion this morning as the world awaits the result of the keenly contested election between Joe Biden and Donald Trump ”United States of America, #Election2020 rigging machines all over. The most adulterated election in US history. We might need to rent them our able INEC…
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ASUU Strike: Ngige gives reason why FG can’t meet ASUU’s demand
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige has stated the reason why the government cannot meet the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). According to Ngige the government cannot meet the Union’s request due to the present economic situation in the country as ASUU is demanding N110 billion for revitalisation of tertiary institutions amongst other requests. Ngige, who stated this on Wednesday night while briefing journalists immediately after a closed-door meeting with ASUU members in Abuja, reiterated that government had offered only N20 billion it can afford. “This government is not against revitalisation but this government…
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“We are ending estimated Electricity billing” – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has announced that its government is making moves to end the era of estimated electricity billing in the country. In a series of tweets shared via the President’s official Twitter handle, he stated that funding has been made available to DisCos to give out meters to consumers at no cost. He said the meters will be sourced from local manufacturers and in-country stock. According to the president, it is to ensure that Nigerians only pay for the electricity they consume. See his tweet below; “Under the first phase of the Presidential Mass Metering Initiative, we are making…
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Niger State Governor’s aide, Muawiyah Yusuf Muye mocks #EndSARS frontliner Modupe Odele over seized passport
Muawiyah Yusuf Muye, a Senior Special Assistant on Media to Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger state has mocked #EndSARS frontliner and lawyer, Modupe Odele over reports of her seized passport. Odele had attempted to leave the country for her birthday celebration but was prevented from leaving as her passport was seized. According to her, she was told she was under investigation. Reacting to this, Muye stated that she must prove that the Army killed innocent protesters He tweeted; “You claim to be a foreign-trained lawyer, you gained an invincible power some days ago, you claim they seized your passport…
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Strike – We are ready to resume – ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has said its members are ready to end the seven months strike only when lecturers’ demands are met. Prof Moyo Ajao, Chairperson of ASUU in UNILORIN who spoke at a press briefing on Wednesday said lecturers are ready to return to their duty post but they won’t work on an empty stomach. Represented by the Ibadan Zonal Coordinator of ASUU, Prof. Ade Adejumo, Ajao said lecturers will return to work when the government releases their withheld salaries, remit the check-off dues of the union to the rightful owner. “We are ready to suspend…
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Nigerian woman becomes Minnesota state’s lawmaker in the US
A Nigerian woman, Esther Agbaje has been elected into the Minnesota House of Representatives in Tuesday’s U.S. general elections. Agbaje will be representing District 59B in the 134-member House on the platform of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL), an affiliate of the U.S. Democratic Party. Agbaje won by a landslide, polling 17,396 votes or 74.7 percent of the total ballots cast to defeat her closest rival, Alan Shilepsky of the Republican Party who polled 4,128 votes, representing 17.7 percent of the total. The 35-year-old Nigerian woman graduated from George Washington University, Washington, D.C., with a degree in political science and holds…
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“We are not a military state” – Oby Ezekwesili tells Buhari after reportedly seizing passport of EndSARS supporter
Former minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili has called out President Muhammadu Buhari to remind him that the country is not a military state. This comes after one of the front liners of the EndSARS protester, Miss Modupe Odele’s Passport was reportedly seized by the NAIA Comptroller of Immigration on the order of the Nigerian Army without an Order granted by a court. Accounts of some EndSARS promoters were also reportedly frozen. In a series of tweets she shared via her Twitter handle, Oby said that if all these moves by the government are to silence the youths , then it…
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