November 26, 2020

Adamu Fake News Triggered End SARS Carnage – IGP

Fake News Triggered End SARS Carnage – IGP Adamu

November 26, 2020 4:35 pm

Following the violent protests which trailed the End SARS campaign, the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, on Thursday attributed the carnage witnessed in some parts of the country to fake news

The IGP made the claims in Akure, the Ondo State capital during his visit to the state Police Command to assess the extent of damage done during the violent protests.

He maintained that those behind the protest were armed with the sinister motive to destabilize the government.

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Adamu who was also in the state to boost the …

Ex-Pension Chairman, Maina Released From Kuje Prison

Search For Maina: FG Reaches Out To Niger Republic, US

November 26, 2020 4:20 pm

The Federal Government has reached out to Niger Republic and the United States of America, in a bid to execute the arrest warrant issued by an Abuja court against a former Chairman of Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, who is believed to have jumped bail.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) revealed this in the counter-affidavit filed against Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume’s bail application filed before a Federal High Court in Abuja.

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Maina is on trial for money laundering.

And the court on November 18, revoked the bail …

‘He Stole Half Of CBN’: Gowon Breaks Silence On UK’s Claims

November 26, 2020 9:38 am

Former Nigeria head of state, Yakubu Gowon, has denied allegations that he took to the United Kingdom ‘half of the Central Bank of Nigeria.’

A member of the UK Parliament, Tom Tugendhat, made the claims during a debate on the Lekki tollgate shootings of protesters.

Tugendhat remarked that ‘we know that today, even now, in this great city of ours, there are, sadly, some people who have taken from the Nigerian people and hidden their ill-gotten gains here.’

He said Gowon was one of them. According to him, Gowon took half of the CBN to the UK.

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APC Condemns Amaechi’s Absence At South-South Meeting

November 26, 2020 9:27 am

The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, has attacked the Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi over his absence at the South-south stakeholders’ meeting with the President Muhammadu Buhari’s delegation.

The Igo Aguma-led party said that the minister was at the Port Harcourt airport to receive the Presidential delegation, escorted them to the Government House, and disappeared.

The Federal Government held a meeting in the Rivers State Government House, Port Harcourt, on Tuesday.

The absence of Amaechi, a former Governor of Rivers State, drew the ire of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State, saying the Transportation Minister cannot …

Israel Strikes Iranian Target In Syria Again

November 26, 2020 5:28 am

Israel has launched an airstrike on an area in the southern outskirt of Damascus Syria army said early Wednesday.

According to the army, the area is where military defectors believe has a strong Iranian military presence and the attack is the second of such attacks within a week.

The aerial strike on a strategic area that Israel had hit in the past came from the occupied Golan Heights and the attacks has caused only material damages, the army statement said. The attack is said to have caused only material damage, the report says.

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Aisha Yesufu Makes BBC Most Influential Women List

November 26, 2020 5:24 am

Nigerian rights activist and Co-convener of #BringBackOurGirls movement, Aisha Yesufu, has been listed among the BBC’s 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world for the year 2020.

The activist was listed alongside Sanna Marin, who leads Finland’s all-female coalition government, Michelle Yeoh, star of the new Avatar and Marvel films, and Sarah Gilbert, who heads the Oxford University research into a Coronavirus vaccine, as well as Jane Fonda, a climate activist and actress.

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According to the BBC, this year’s 100 Women list ‘is highlighting those who …

Democracy Day: Nigerian Govt Declares Monday Public Holiday

Stay Away From Osun State – PDP Warns Aregbosola

November 26, 2020 5:18 am

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola not to cause a breakdown of law and order in Osun State and also jettison his planned celebration of his 10th year anniversary in the state.

The party gave the warning on Tuesday in a statement by the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the party, Diran Odeyemi in Osogbo, who appealed to security agencies to be on the alert to prevent a breakdown of law and order.