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Tackling Insecurity Will Be My Priority As President – Tinubu

Tackling Insecurity Will Be My Priority As President – Tinubu

May 24, 2022 4:32 am

Former Lagos State Governor and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu has said he would make the fight against insecurity a priority if elected President.

The Presidential aspirant made this assertion when he met with the party’s delegates on Monday.

‘On arriving here, we flew over large expanses of land, land with agricultural potential. It made me happy as I know we can and will transform Yobe. We will make it a productive state, employ mechanised irrigation, and process sorghum and cotton for local consumption and export.’

‘We must utilise our potential as a country to …

Biden Warns Of Potentially ‘Consequential’ Monkeypox Spread

Biden Reiterates Opinion On Inevitability Of Recession

May 23, 2022 7:13 pm

United States President Joe Biden has opened up about the Inevitability of recession in the United States while reiterating his previous opinion that it is not inevitable. He said this on Monday, while acknowledging the economic pain experienced by Americans as inflation soars.

Speaking in Tokyo, Biden replied “no” when asked if a US recession is inevitable.

“This is going to be a haul, this is going to take some time,” Biden said.

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The US economy has recovered strongly from its Covid-19 era shutdown, but the highest inflation in four decades …

Panic As Mob Destroys Adeleke’s Billboards In Osun

Panic As Mob Destroys Adeleke’s Billboards In Osun

May 23, 2022 2:02 pm

The Ejigbo town in the Ejigbo Local Government Area of Osun State was thrown into a state of panic as campaign billboards of Senator Ademola Adeleke were destroyed and set ablaze by an unknown mob.

Sources had narrated to Newsmen that a mob was observed destroying and tearing down the billboards in parts of the town.

Senator Ademola Adeleke is the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate for the Osun 2022 election.

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At the time of filing this report, the cause of the incident had not been ascertained but …

Regulatory Bodies: Fashola Cautions ARCON Committee

Regulatory Bodies: Fashola Cautions ARCON Committee

May 23, 2022 2:01 pm

Mr Babatunde Fashola who is the Minister of Works and Housing has openly warned a management committee which was set up by the Architects Registration Council of Nigeria (ARCON) against trying to overrule and usurp the powers of its regulatory body.

He gave this statement on Monday.

The Management Committee of ARCON is a transition committee created by law to undertake ARCON’s routine management upon expiration of tenure of its statutory council and pending constitution of a new board.

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Fashola, in a statement on Monday by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry …

OPC Charges Buhari To Apologise To Shagari, Awolowo

OPC Charges Buhari To Apologise To Shagari, Awolowo

May 23, 2022 2:01 pm

As strategic alliances and counter-alliances take place for the race for 2023, the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) has beckoned on  President Muhammadu Buhari to openly tender a posthumous apology to the late former President Shehu Shagari, late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, and all Second Republic political actors who were charged and jailed for corruption after the December 1983 coup.

In a statement on Monday, OPC President, Otunba Wasiu Afolabi, said that the exorbitant fees currently imposed on political aspirants’ nomination forms rubbished the corruption claims that Buhari had made in 1983 when he overthrew Shagari.

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Exposed: General Useni Loses £2m In Foreign Accounts

Exposed: General Useni Loses £2m In Foreign Accounts

May 23, 2022 1:55 pm

The long arms of the law has finally caught up with General Jerry Useni, a right-hand man of late dictator Sani Abacha as the Royal Court in Jersey laid claims to and seized nearly £2m of some embezzled funds which he had transferred into some local bank accounts.

Jeremiah Timbut Useni who was a well known figure under Nigeria’s military rule has also been a significant public figure in Nigerian politics for a quarter of a century as he held the position of the second most senior officer under the rule of General Abacha between 1993 and 1998.

Gen Useni …

Gov. Emmanuel Shows Plans To Reconcile PDP Aspirants

Gov. Emmanuel Shows Plans To Reconcile PDP Aspirants

May 23, 2022 9:25 am

The Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel has assured the people of Akwa Ibom state that he would be doing his best to reconcile aggrieved members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), after the party’s primary elections.

The Governor reiterated this promise on Sunday while speaking with newsmen at his country home, Onna, after the State House of Assembly and House of Representatives primaries.

Although delegates to the primaries were limited to recently elected ad-hoc delegates, he said the candidates chosen were capable of ensuring a clean sweep for the party in next year’s general elections. According to him, the …

Buhari Has Done Well Whether People Like It Or Not – Umahi

Buhari Has Done Well Whether People Like It Or Not – Umahi

May 23, 2022 3:43 am

Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, on Sunday praised the efforts of the current administration in handling the nation’s affairs.

Umahi, a frontline aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said President Muhammadu Buhari has done well in piloting Nigeria’s affairs since assuming office in 2015.

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“In terms of naming all the indices that are needed now to improve on what Mr President has done because whether you like it or not, this President has done very well. If it is in infrastructure, security, economy, uniting Nigerians, I think God …

x'I'll Repair Australia's Image Overseas' - Albanese

‘I’ll Repair Australia’s Image Overseas’ – Albanese

May 22, 2022 3:30 pm

The newly elected Prime minster of Australia, Anthony Albanese has vowed to end Australia’s reputation as a climate laggard and also try to reset their relations with the rest of the world he pledged to to form and categorise his government in time for the Tokyo summit.

Fresh from an electoral victory that ended a decade of conservative rule, Albanese signalled an era of fairer, greener, and less pugilistic politics for Australia.

“I want to change the country,” the 59-year-old centre-left leader said. “I want to change the way that politics operates in this country.”

It is still unclear whether …

Catholic Priest Suspended For Joining Benue Guber Race

May 22, 2022 2:40 pm

Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia, a well known catholic priest in Benue State got has gotten a suspension from the Catholic Diocese of Gboko in Benue State has suspended a priest, for joining the governorship race in the state.

Alia who had been warned against the move had gone ahead to pick up the ₦50m governorship form of the All Progressives Congress and had been cleared by the ruling party to participate alongside 11 successful aspirants in the party’s primary.

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But the Bishop, Catholic Diocese of Gboko, William Avenya, in …

2023 Physical Strength Not Needed To President – Tinubu

2023: Tinubu Debunks Rumours About Being Sick

May 22, 2022 2:01 pm

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu who is the National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has debunked the rumours surrounding his health status.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that there have been huge speculations that the former Lagos State Governor who is one of the frontline presidential aspirants under the platform of APC, has some serious medical issues that he has been battling with for some time. Several video clips had emerged on social media indicating how physically unfit the Asiwaju of Lagos is.

However, speaking at the Nasarawa Government House, Lafia, on Friday while pleading with state delegates …

Nigeria, UAE To Extend Bilateral Ties After Buhari's Visit

Nigeria, UAE To Extend Bilateral Ties After Buhari’s Visit

May 22, 2022 2:34 am

The President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his determination to intensify and sustain the growth of the strategic partnership between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in a statement disclosed that Buhari said this during a short interaction with Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the new ruler of Abu Dhabi and president of the UAE during a condolence visit to the Presidential Palace on Friday.

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The president expressed his condolences and that …

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