May 2020

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Kaduna Massacre: Resign IGP Over Killing Of Christians

May 13, 2020 10:36 am

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has charged the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Adamu to resign immediately, following incessant killings of Christians in Southern Kaduna.

HURIWA, a frontline activist group, said IGP Adamu should either “resign or be sacked” over his failure to protect the mostly Christian community of Southern Kaduna against armed Fulani attackers.

The group made the call while condemning the latest Fulani herdsmen attack in the farming community of Gonar Rogo in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

It was reported that the armed herdsmen targeted mostly children and women, who

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N40bn - Lawan Inaugurates Senate Committee To Probe NDDC

₦40bn: Lawan Inaugurates Senate Committee To Probe NDDC

May 13, 2020 10:35 am
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan said on Tuesday that the investigation being carried out by the Senate into the finances of the Niger Delta Development Commission(NDDC) is to complement the ongoing forensic audit which was ordered by the Federal government.

Lawan stated this while inaugurating a seven-man ad-hoc committee on alleged financial recklessness in the NDDC.

“We are in total support of the President’s directive for the forensic audit of the finances of the NDDC, and this is, in some way, complementary to that directive,” he said.

Read Also: ₦40bn Fraud: Senate Probes NDDC Management Committee

The investigation, he

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Russia -' Putin’s Aide Tests Positive For Coronavirus

Russia: Putin’s Aide Tests Positive For Coronavirus

May 13, 2020 10:34 am
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, has tested positive for coronavirus.

He personally made the announcement on Tuesday.

“I am receiving treatment,” State news agency TASS quoted him as saying.

Read Also: Russia Overtakes UK For World No. 3 In Coronavirus Cases

The 52-year-old explained that the last time he met with Putin was one month ago.

Earlier, Russia Prime Minister, Mikhali Mishustinand and two ministers tested positive for COVID-19.

President Putin has been working remotely for a month to avoid contracting the virus.

Regional officials had been directed to determine when to lift stricter quarantine restrictions at local

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Reps Slam Use Of Foreign Airlines In Evacuating Nigerians

Reps Slam Use Of Foreign Airlines In Evacuating Nigerians

May 13, 2020 10:33 am
The House of Representatives has called for investigations into the use of foreign airlines for the evacuation of Nigerians from the USA, UAE and the UK.

The House mandated its Committee on Aviation to investigate the use of foreign airlines instead of local airlines.

The decision followed a motion by Mohammed Bello and 8 others on Tuesday.

The motion expressed regret at the actions of the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nigerians in the Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Federal Ministry of Aviation and the Presidential Task Force on COVID–19,

It argued that the action is against the constitution of the federal

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Gambari, Buhari’s New Chief Of Staff Arrives Aso Villa

Gambari, Buhari’s New Chief Of Staff Arrives Aso Villa

May 13, 2020 10:33 am
President Muhammadu Buhari’s yet-to-be announced Chief of Staff, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, has arrived the Aso Villa in Abuja.

He is expected to be announced today.

On Tuesday, the Emir of Ilorin, Mai-Martaba, Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, had thanked Buhari for the “appointment”.

The Chairman, Kwara State Council of Chiefs, expressed gratitude in a statement by his spokesman, Abdulazeez Arowona.

But the presidency is yet to publicly confirm or deny the appointment.

Read Also: About Buhari’s New Chief Of Staff Ibrahim Gambari

The monarch described Gambari’s emergence as a great honour to the entire people of Ilorin Emirate and Kwarans.

Gambari noted that

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Prostitute Pushes Client To Death From Hotel Window

Prostitute Pushes Client To Death From Hotel Window

May 13, 2020 9:49 am
The police authorities in Ghana have arrested a prostitute and her colleagues after she allegedly pushed a man with a condom on, from her room window during an argument.

Eleven sex workers were arrested by Asokwa District Police Command in connection with the death at Asafo in the Kumasi metropolis of the Ashanti Region.

Read Also: Kano: Sharia Police Arrest 32 Prostitutes

The incident happened on Sunday, 10 May 2020.

The police said the sex worker had screamed after the deceased allegedly struggled with her in the hotel room, which attracted some of her colleagues to the room.

According to …

First Lady Has Chased Garba Shehu Out Of Aso Rock – Kanu

First Lady Has Chased Garba Shehu Out Of Aso Rock – Kanu

May 13, 2020 7:41 am
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has claimed that First Lady, Aisha Buhari, has chased Garba Shehu, President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Assistant on Media and Publicity out of Aso Rock.

In a similar claim, Reno Omokri, former aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan had said Garba Shehu was not briefed about the appointment of a new Chief of Staff because he is now perceived as the head of the late Kyari’s ‘Cabal’ and has now become an enemy to Buhari’s wife, Aisha.

Read Also: Aisha Buhari Will End Up In Jail – Nnamdi Kanu

Recall that

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COVID-19 - FG Reveals When Vaccine Will Be Available

COVID-19: FG Reveals When Vaccine Will Be Available

May 13, 2020 7:38 am
The Federal Government of Nigeria has said the vaccine for COVID-19, may not be ready until 2021.

The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, stated this on Tuesday during the daily briefing.

According to him, Nigeria has turned to native solutions for treatment, like other countries in the world.

Read Also: Coronavirus: FG Pays Nigerians On Scholarship Abroad

Mustapha, who is also the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, also appealed to local researchers to be patient and subject their drugs through the protocol of validation.

“Ordinarily, from the little literature I have read on

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PDP Sacks Youth Leader Whose Hotel Was Demolished By Wike

May 13, 2020 7:36 am

Princewill Osarojiji, owner of one of the hotels demolished by the Governor of Rivers State on Sunday has been expelled by the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Osarojiji is the Youth Leader of the party for Eleme Local Government Area.

Recall that Wike had also declared Osarojiji of Eleme Alode Ward 2 wanted with N5 million bounty placed on his head.

Osarojiji was accused of alleged criminal activities that led to the demolition of the Prodest Hotel at Eleme.

A statement from the office of the outgoing PDP State Chairman, Felix Obuah, said Osarojiji has been expelled.

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Two Chinese Arrested For Offering N100m Bribe To EFCC

Two Chinese Arrested For Offering ₦100m Bribe To EFCC

May 13, 2020 7:35 am

Two Chinese men, Mr. Meng Wei Kun and Mr. Xu Koi, have been arrested by the Sokoto Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for offering ₦50million as bribe to its Zonal Head, Mr. Abdullahi Lawal.

The ₦50million was the first installment of the N100million offer.

A statement signed by the Commission’s Head, Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, on Tuesday, said the suspects were arrested on Monday, in Sokoto.

Two Chinese Arrested For Offering ₦100m Bribe To EFCC

 

The anti-graft agency claims the money was offered, in a desperate bid to influence ongoing investigations of a construction company, China Zhonghao Nig. Ltd, handling N50billion contracts

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Deportation Of Almajiri Children Illegal – Reps

Deportation Of Almajiri Children Illegal – Reps

May 13, 2020 7:31 am
The House of Representatives has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene and end the interstate movement of Almajiri immediately.

Some governors, mostly the Northern ones have been in the business repatriation of the almajiri children to their states of origin.

Also, vehicles conveying almajiri children have been intercepted in various states lately.

This formed part of the resolutions of the members of the House of Representatives during Tuesday’s plenary

The call followed a motion sponsored by a member of the House, Aishatu Dukku.

Dukku pointed out that the repatriation of almajiri children from one state to another goes against the

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FCC List - Buhari Replaces Dead Appointee, Three Others

FCC List: Buhari Replaces Dead Appointee, Three Others

May 13, 2020 7:30 am
President Muhamadu Buhari has requested that late Chief Tobias Chukwuemeka Okwuru be replaced with Afamefuna Osi as a member of the Federal Character Commission, FCC.

Chukwuemeka Okwuru was one of the member-nominees (Ebonyi State) in Buhari’s letter to the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan.

The appointment had stirred reactions from Nigerians.

Read Also: Buhari Appoints Prof. Gambari As New Chief Of Staff

However, a letter read by Senate President Ahmad Lawan at Tuesday plenary said Buhari also requested the replacement of four other nominees.

They were: Moses A (Delta), Afamefuna Osi (Ebonyi), Wasiu Kayode (Lagos) and Alakayi Mamman (Nasarawa

The letter

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