October 16, 2020

Court Dismisses Sack Of Seven Councillors In Kano State

October 16, 2020 8:03 am

A High Court sitting in Kano and presided by Justice Jamilu Shehu Suleiman has countered the removal of seven councillors who impeached the Kumbotso Local Government Chairman Kabiru Ado Panshekara.

In an expert Interim Order, the presiding Judge restrained the local government Chairman his Secretary and the State Assembly from tampering with the tenure of the councillors.

The seven councillors had last month impeached the Kumbotso Local government Chairman Kabiru Ado Minjibir for alleged gross violation of constitutional orders and misappropriation of council funds.

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NNPC Releases 2019 Audited Financial Statement

October 16, 2020 5:33 am

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has released its 2019 Audited Financial Statement (AFS).

It shows 99.7 percent reduction in its loss profile from ₦803bn in 2018 to ₦1.7bn in 2019.

The publication comes five months after NNPC made its 2018 AFS public.

NNPC spokesman, Kennie Obateru, in a statement on Thursday quoted the Chief Financial Officer, Umar Ajiya, as saying that the 2019 statement will be published on the corporation’s website for transparency.

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He said this was in line with the principles of the Extractive Industries Transparency …

APC, PDP Tangle Over Attack On #EndSARS Protesters In Lagos

October 16, 2020 5:29 am

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has decried the alleged politicisation of #EndSARS protests by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), describing it as ‘irresponsible.’

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The Lagos APC expressed this concern in a statement by the party’s Publicity Secretary, Mr. Seye Oladejo, on Thursday.

‘Our attention has been drawn to the needless and irresponsible politicizing of the #EndSARS nationwide protest by the opposition PDP.’

‘It will be recalled that the Lagos State Government since the commencement of the protest march around different parts of the state has been supportive.’

‘The Governor, Mr.

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Twitter Creates #EndSARS Emoji To Support Protest

October 16, 2020 5:23 am

Popular social media Twitter, which has been the converging point for most of all #EndSars online protesters has created an emoji to support the protest.

Now, whenever #EndSars is typed on Twitter, an emoji of a shrouded fist colored green, white, green appears in front of the hashtag.

The #EndSars emoji comes in less than 48 hours after Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey declared support for the protest.

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The protest continues to draw global attention as individuals, celebrities, and even organizations globally continue to throw their weight in support of the …