June 25, 2022

I Made Terrible Mistake With My Choice Of VP In 1999 - Obasanjo

I Made Terrible Mistake With My Choice Of VP In 1999 – Obasanjo

June 25, 2022 3:44 pm

One of the former Nigerian Presidents and elder Statesman, Olusegun Obasanjo  has thrown subtle jabs at his Vice President, Atiku Abubakar as he made revealations that he made a terrible mistake while picking his Vice President when he ruled as a civilian head of state in 1999.

Olusegun Obasanjo had made this statement at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, Ogun State, while he was fielding questions from secondary school students in a programme which he had hosted.

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While interacting with the students, Obasanjo revealed that he had made

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Strike ASUU Tackles FG Over Railway Construction To Niger

ASUU Suggests Aqequate Solutions To Quell Ongoing Strike Action

June 25, 2022 3:37 pm

In a new announcement which was put out by the organisation, the head council of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has made some suggestions that the method to resolving its ongoing strike action could be done with the full adoption of the transparent payment platform, University Transparency and Accountability Solutions (UTAS) which would be used as an alternative to IPPIS.

The Chairperson of ASUU, Federal University Otuoke, Bayelsa State chapter, Dr Socrates Ebo had in a statement which he had put out made the lamentations that the deep-rooted penchant for corruption within the Nigerian government ethos is …

CVR Online Registration Remains Suspended, INEC Clarifies

INEC Chairman Reveals Extension Of Voters’ Registration Process

June 25, 2022 3:35 pm

As he caves in to the mounted pressures to extend the date for the Continuous Voter Registration exercise, Professor Mahmood Yakubu who is the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has made announcements that the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration which had been initially scheduled to come to an end on the 30th of June, 2022, has been adequately extended.

Professor Mahmood Yakubu made this announcement on Saturday.

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The Federal High Court in Abuja had earlier stopped INEC from ending the ongoing voter registration exercise.

Professor Yakubu, during

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Yobe North; Machina Debunks Letter About Withdrawal For Lawan

Machina Lands In Court Over Tussle For Yobe North Senate Seat

June 25, 2022 2:00 pm

It has been tussle after tussle for Bashir Sheriff Machina as he has been embroiled in another new controversy in the race for the Yobe North Senatorial seat which came about as another fresh aspirant of the All Progressives Congress slammed a lawsuit against him which conflicts with his recent ticket win.

The hearing of his peculiar case and that of six others has been slated for 21 July in Damaturu High Court.

An aspirant, Abubakar Abubakar Jinjiri has also come out to challeng Machina’s election on the ground of exclusion at the primary elections in the State.

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Gov Akeredolu Orders Installation Of CCTV In Worship Places

Gov Akeredolu Orders Installation Of CCTV In Worship Places

June 25, 2022 1:58 pm

The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu while setting new implementations to further strengthen the security structure in the State has openly signed an Executive Order which would be implementing for the compulsory installation and use of Close Circuit Television (CCTV) in all public and private institutions in Ondo State.

The signed executive order which was released today 25 June, weeks after the killings in a Catholic Church in Owo, his hometown would cover  for Churches, Mosques and some other public institutions.

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According to a statement by the governor, the …

Vigilante Members Massacred As Bandits Sack Doma Village

Vigilante Members Massacred As Bandits Sack Doma Village

June 25, 2022 1:57 pm

Pandemonium struck in some parts of Niger State as some terrorists who have been branded as bandits abducted two residents of Doma village in the Lapai Local Government Area of the Niger State after killing some of the village vigilantees and other volunteering security officials who tried to thwart their plans.

Public Relations Officer of Niger Police Command, DSP Wasiu Abiodun had made confirmations on the incident on Saturday.

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Abiodun had reported that on June 22nd, the terrorists had abducted the two unfortunate victims from Doma village, Lapai who …

Lagos Is The Second-Worst Liveable City On Earth - EIU Rankings

Lagos Is The Second-Worst Liveable City On Earth – EIU Rankings

June 25, 2022 10:19 am

Economist Intelligence Unit, EIU which is a global business intelligence group has finally ranked Nigeria’s commercial capital city, Lagos as the world’s second-worst liveable city. This ranking shows that Lagos was charted as one of the worst inhabitable cities in Nigeria.

The EIU group which according to its recent publication, has charted Lagos 171 out of 172 countries in the list of its global liveable cities in the world.

The latest 2022 Global Liveability Index published by the EIU had also revealed that Vienna regained its customary position as the number one while the Canadian and some other European cities …

NASU, SSANU Announces Strike Extension By Two Months

NASU, SSANU Announces Strike Extension By Two Months

June 25, 2022 10:19 am

While showing solidarity to the ASUU strike and decrying the wrongs that have been done to them, the Non-Academic Staff Union, NASU, and the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, SSANU, have announced an extension to their strike action by an additional two months.

The announcement of this extension was contained in a circular to branch chairmen of the two unions in Ilorin on Friday.

The circular dated June 21, 2022, was jointly signed by the General Secretary of NASU, Prince Peters. A. Adeyemi, and Mohammed. N. Ibrahim.

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War US Moving $450m More In Arms To Ukraine – White House

War: US Moving $450m More In Arms To Ukraine – White House

June 25, 2022 6:29 am

The United States has concluded plans to send a new batch of military assistance to Ukraine, the White House confirmed yesterday with the $450 million shipments including four more advanced rocket systems to use against Russian invasion forces.

‘This package contains weapons and equipment, including new High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems,’ White House spokesman John Kirby said. Also included are tens of thousands of rounds of artillery ammunition and patrol boats.

The rocket systems known as HIMARS are at the top of Ukraine’s wish list as the pro-Western country battles a Russian invasion force advancing through the east of the …

Biden Slams Historic Supreme Court Ruling On Abortion

Biden Slams Historic Supreme Court Ruling On Abortion

June 25, 2022 6:25 am

US President, Joe Biden has frowned at the decision of the US Supreme Court to put a stop to the right to abortion, going on to accuse the courts of putting women’s lives at risk in the name of an ‘extreme ideology.’

‘The court has done what it has never done before, expressly take away a constitutional right that is so fundamental to so many Americans,’ Biden lamented.

‘It’s a realization of an extreme ideology and a tragic error by the Supreme Court in my view.’

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The …

Organ Harvesting We Will Not Abandon Ekweremadu – Adeyemi

Organ Harvesting: We Will Not Abandon Ekweremadu – Adeyemi

June 25, 2022 6:17 am

The Senator representing Kogi West in the red chambers of the national assembly, Smart Adeyemi, has asserted that Senators would not abandon former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu amid the controversy of organ harvesting.

Adeyemi revealed on Saturday that the Senators were making efforts to see how to support Ekweremadu despite the allegations of organ harvesting which has been arraigned for.

Africa Daily News, New York had earlier reported that Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice were accused of trafficking an alleged minor to the United Kingdom, for organ harvesting.

The couple were charged with conspiracy to arrange and facilitate the …

Terrorists Invade Abuja Community, Kidnap 22 Persons

Terrorists Invade Abuja Community, Kidnap 22 Persons

June 25, 2022 6:08 am

No fewer than 22 persons were kidnapped on Friday in a community within Abuja, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), following an attack by some yet-to-be-identified gunmen. 

Police authorities in the FCT who confirmed the attack to reporters revealed that the attack happened within Rafin Daji, a boundary community Between Niger State and the FCT.

The acting FCT police spokesman, Oduniyi Omotayo told reporters that the gunmen attacked the community at the time farmers were cultivating their farmland.

‘The farmers were on their farmland working when gunmen outnumbered and kidnapped them,’ the spokesperson wrote in a brief WhatsApp message.

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