January 2020

Murder Of Enugu Nurse: CSOs Renew 14-Day Ultimatum

January 12, 2020 2:32 pm
A Coalition of Civil Society Organizations in Enugu State, on Sunday, said there was no going back on the ultimatum it issuued over the murder of a senior nurse, Dr. Mrs. Maria Amadi.

NAN reports that Amadi, who until her death was the head of nursing services, Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Enugu, was murdered by gunmen in front of her residence at Trans-Ekulu, Enugu.

Following the incident, three of her colleagues in the hospital were arrested, arraigned and remanded in prison by an Enugu High Court.

However, some months after, three other suspects were arrested and docked by the police

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Buhari Reacts To Death Of Sultan

January 12, 2020 2:31 pm
President Muhammadu Buhari has described the death of Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Al-Said of Oman as a great loss not only to his country, but also the entire humanity “because of his record as a peace maker and tireless mediator for peace in the troubled Middle East.”

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Reacting to the death of the longest reigning ruler in the Middle East on Sunday in Abuja, Buhari said “the promotion of peace is one of the most important contributions we can make for humanity, and I am pleased that

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Lagos

Obasanjo, Osinbajo, Tinubu Meet In Lagos

January 12, 2020 2:30 pm
Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, met in Lagos on Saturday.

They graced the 80th birthday celebration of Chief Rasaq Okoya, founder of Eleganza group of companies.

Other in attendance were Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed; former Commonwealth Secretary-General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku; Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote as well as traditional rulers.

Born in Lagos on Jan. 12, 1940, Okoya is a billionaire industrialist and the Aare of Lagos.

According to the New Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the guests were

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Use Of Private Jet By Buhari’s Daughter Illegal – Falana

January 12, 2020 2:29 pm
Human rights activist, Femi Falana, Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to stop members of his family from using aircraft in the presidential fleet.

Falana said while reacting to Hanan Buhari, the president’s daughter report of flying in a presidential jet to Bauchi State on Thursday for a private function.

He said the use of aircraft in the presidential fleet by members of the first family for private events is not backed by law.

NAN recalls that Hannan, who is a first class graduate in photography was said to have been invited to the Durbar

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Border Closure: Nigeria Customs Reveals Target

January 12, 2020 2:29 pm
Mohammed Garba, the newly appointed Coordinator for the Joint Border Operations Drill, North central Zone, Ilorin, Kwara State, says Federal Government policy on border closure was targeted at illegal businesses.

NAN reports that he spoke at the palace of the Emir of Yashikira, the Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara on Sunday when he led his team on familiarisation tour of border communities in the state.

Garba, who is also a Comptroller, Nigeria Customs Service, explained that the idea was not to obstruct indigenes from legitimate trading.

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He

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When A Child Eats With Elders: Buhari’s Daughter And Jet

January 12, 2020 1:05 pm

The presidency has reacted to a debate raging on social media over the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to allow his daughter, Hanan Buhari, to use the Presidential jet for her photoshoots.

For a man who has a “so-called’ drive for expunging corruption from the country, this comes both as a shock and surprise to Nigerians.

If a mere college graduate can freely access the presidential jet at will for party invitations, what else goes on in the Presidential Villa?

 

Hanan Buhari, who is a certified creative photographer with a first-class degree in Photography from Ravensbourne University in London, …

2023: What Igbo Need To Do To Get Presidency – Doghudje

January 12, 2020 8:03 am

Chris Doghudje is the former Chairman of Advertising Practitioner’s Council of Nigeria (APCON) and a former Managing Director of Lintas Ltd. 

Doghudje, who recently turned 80 spoke about the ‘magic’ called Nigeria as a country, insecurity, Igbo presidency, and expectations from the government in the New Year, among others. Excerpts:

 

What do you think about the country Nigeria as we have just entered into a New Year?

Nigeria is a country that is a surprise and will continue to be a surprise. It is a surprise that we ever came together to form one country. When one thinks about …

2023: Maku Speaks On Atiku, Tinubu, Saraki, Wike ‘Alliance’

January 12, 2020 8:00 am
Labaran Maku, the National Secretary, All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has said he didn’t meet former vice president Atiku Abubakar, All Progressives Congress (APC) national leader, Bola Tinubu, among others, to float a new political platform ahead of 2023.

Immediate past president of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, Governors Nyesom Wike, Aminu Tambuwal and Bala Mohammed also allegedly attended the meeting.

Maku, a former minister of information, spoke on Sunday while fielding questions from the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Wakama, Nasarawa State.

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Maku, a 2019 APGA governorship candidate

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Yes, Marital ‘Rape’ Is Holy

January 12, 2020 8:00 am
It was during one of the reunions/hang-outs this last Christmas among some known friends. Everyone present at the get-together was a comprehensive adult, some returned from ‘yonder’ and other cities within the country. It was a full surprised house with aahh, oohh, lala! Stories sprang up from different angles. Ladies talked about marriage, husbands, both good and bad, including raping husbands.  

It was at this point that Carol, a sister and friend, confessed how her husband raped her and she became pregnant for their second child. Mike immediately snatched it from her and asked a question that threw her off …

We’ve Been Abandoned, Discriminated, Our Girls Raped – NAB

January 12, 2020 7:59 am

President of Nigeria Association of the Blind, Ebonyi State chapter, Mr Enyi Joseph Nwabueze, a lawyer, has cried out over the pathetic condition the visually impaired people are subjected to in the state, especially the ones schooling at Special Schools for the Blind in Opefia and Okposi communities in Izzi and Ohaozara local government areas respectively.

He lamented that aside the horrible conditions of the two schools which environments were overgrown by bushes, some girls in the school in Opefia had become victims of rape. In this interview with Sunday Sun, Mr Enyi narrated their ordeals. Excerpts:

 

How …

Ihedioha Vs Okorocha: Reaction Trails Sack Of LG Chairmen

January 12, 2020 7:59 am
Accord, one of Nigeria’s registered political parties, has thrown its weight behind the decision of Governor Emeka Ihedioha to suspend officials of the Local Governments in Imo State, describing their election as unconstitutional.

The Party also wants perpetrators of the January 6, 2020, invasion of the twenty seven local government areas in the state prosecuted.

In a statement on Sunday by the party chairman, Elder ThankGod Ibe, Accord condemned the invasion of Council Headquarters by the suspended Local Government Chairmen, other officials and ex-appointees of the Rochas Okorocha administration.

It said: “We have taken time to study and review the

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Say No To Vulture Mentality

January 12, 2020 7:57 am

We are in the magical year 2020. The young ones may perhaps not understand what I mean when I say magical 2020, but those who are 50 years and above would catch the drift and am sure it will cause them to laugh. In the eighties and early nineties it was not uncommon to hear our leaders tell us that by the year 2020 our country would have fully developed to equal what we see in the western world. Every time one read the newspapers, watched the television and listened to radio, it was common to hear such coinage like …

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