March 25, 2021

Jigawa Pension Board Introduces New Payment Strategy

Buhari Is The Best Thing To Happen To Nigeria – Jigawa Gov

Jigawa State Governor, Muhammad Badaru Abubakar has declared that Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is the best thing to happen ever happen to the country.

He made this assertion on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme which was monitored by our correspondent, according to the governor, the has recorded a lot of achievements.

The programme anchor had asked him if he agrees with his All Progressives Congress (APC) counterparts who said Buhari is the best thing to happen to Nigeria and he responded thus: ‘I agree with the given circumstances we have now. I believe 100 per cent. I know what

Why Opposition Party Member's Property Was Destroyed – Obaseki

Why Former Deputy Gov’s Property Was Destroyed – Obaseki

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, yesterday, gave reasons for the demolition of the property of some key members of the past administration in Edo state.

The immediate past deputy governor of the state, Dr. Pius Odubu, Professor Julius Ihonvbere, former Secretary to the State Government, SSG, and Mike Itemuagbon who is sports promoter, had last week seen their properties demolished.

The Secretary to the Edo State Government (SSG), Mr. Osarodion Ogie, in a statement in Benin, said the C 0f Os of the property was revoked on December 21, 2020, as they were government property which ex-Comrade governor …

Osun Pensioners Move To Join National Body In Public Protest

The Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP), Osun State Chapter, has revealed that they would be joining the national body to protest publicly after the expiration of the 21 days ultimatum given to the federal government on the implementation of the consequential adjustment to pensions.

The Secretary of the union in Osun, comrade Dele Aina also revealed that some groups of pensioners in the state agitating for a harmonised pension scheme still earned between ₦300, ₦500 and ₦600 as pension monthly.

While featuring in a morning radio programme in Osogbo on Friday, he explained that the reason for the protest is …

Herdsmen: Our Forefathers Stopped Them In 1804 – Ortom

Herdsmen: Our Forefathers Stopped Them In 1804 – Ortom

The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Wednesday, said the Tiv nation in 1804, fought and stopped the Fulani herdsmen from taking over the State.

Ortom who spoke with BBC Pidgin at the Benue People’s House, Makurdi, insisted that they are not afraid to follow the steps of their forefathers.

He revealed that the herdsmen have a hidden agenda that is triggering their desire to flood the State.

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According to Ortom, before the enactment of the law prohibiting open grazing in Benue, the Fulani herders were snicking into the State …

Nigeria Can’t Develop With Current The Constitution - Okowa

Gov Okowa Writes Protest Letter To Buhari Over Ibori’s Loot

The Governor of Delta State Ifeanyi Okowa has revealed that his government has sent a protest letter to President Muhammadu Buhari over James Ibori’s loot recovered by the federal government.

Okowa stated this when he appeared on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme, on Wednesday.

A few weeks ago, the UK committed to returning the £4.2 million loot recovered from Ibori, a former Delta governor and his associates.

However, the attorney-general of the federation, Abubakar Malami, insisted the money should go to the federal government and not Delta state.

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Ex-FIFA President Blatter, Gets New Ban

Ex-FIFA President Blatter, Gets New Ban

FIFA on Wednesday announced that it has extended the ban on its former president Sepp Blatter and former secretary-general Jerome Valcke by six years and eight months, in relation to the receipt of huge bonuses.

Blatter, who is 85, received 23 million Swiss francs ($24.6 million) in “extraordinary bonuses” linked to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and the 2014 World Cup in Brazil as well as the Confederations Cup tournament in Brazil that preceded it, FIFA’s Ethics Committee said in a statement.

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Valcke, the 60-year-old Frenchman …

Libyan Commander Wanted For War Crimes, Assassinated

Libyan Commander Wanted For War Crimes Assasinated

Mahmoud al-Werfalli, a senior Libyan military figure who owes allegiance to renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar and wanted for alleged war crimes by the International Criminal Court (ICC), has been shot dead by unidentified attackers in the eastern city of Benghazi.

According to reports, the gunmen on Wednesday opened fire on a vehicle carrying al-Werfalli, seriously wounding him and his cousin, Ayman.

The pair were pronounced dead on arrival at Benghazi Medical Centre, located near the scene of the shooting, another security source said.

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There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

Born in 1978, …

Biden Tasks Harris With Tackling Migrant Quagmire

Biden Tasks Harris With Tackling Migrant Quagmire

US President Joe Biden has put Vice-President Kamala Harris in complete charge of controlling migration at the southern border following a big influx of new arrivals.

President Biden while admitting that he understood how tough the job was however noted that she was ‘the most qualified person to do it’.

The numbers of people arriving have grown since Mr. Biden took office following the relaxation of most of Trump’s bans which made migration at the borders quite difficult.

In February, US Customs officials took more than

New Analysis Show 76% Effectiveness Of AstraZeneca Vaccine

New Analysis Show 76% Effectiveness Of AstraZeneca Vaccine

Pharmaceutical heavyweights AstraZeneca, on Wednesday, updated its data on how well its coronavirus vaccine works, stating that the vaccine showed 76 percent efficacy against symptomatic coronavirus disease.

The latest data was based on a study that involved 190 cases of coronavirus among more than 32,400 participants in the United States, Chile, and Peru.

Read Also: AstraZeneca Briefs Nigeria On COVID-19 Vaccine Fears

‘The primary analysis is consistent with our previously released interim analysis, and confirms that our COVID-19 vaccine is highly effective in adults,’ Mene Pangalos, the executive vice president of BioPharmaceuticals R&D at AstraZeneca said in a statement.…

Nigeria More Secured Under Abacha Than Now – Mailafia

Nigeria More Secured Under Abacha Than Now – Mailafia

Obadiah Mailafia, who is a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN),  yesterday stated the security situation in the country presently was worse than it was during the regime of the Late Gen. Sani Abacha.

Mailafia made this assertion on Channels Television while reacting to Saturday’s attack on Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom by gunmen.

According to him, ‘This attempt on the life of an executive governor and incumbent of a state is an attempted attack on the entire people of the state. Those who are trying to do this wicked thing need to understand

Why Bandits May Not Drop Their Arms - Gumi

Why Bandits May Not Drop Their Arms – Gumi

Controversial Islamic cleric, Sheik Ahmad Gumi, has come out to state that bandits may not drop their arms if their safety is not guaranteed.

The Islamic cleric, who has been heavily involved in the quest to end insecurity, said this during a virtual event hosted by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies.

Insisting that dialogue is the solution to banditry, Gumi said it is too dangerous to allow uneducated young men to be exposed to drugs.

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‘Nobody can justify criminality, what we are saying is what