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INEC: APC Congratulates Yakubu Over Senate Confirmation

December 2, 2020 4:24 am

The Nigeria ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has sent a congratulatory message to Professor Mahmood Yakubu on his reappointment and Senate’s confirmation as Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The party said Yakubu has the task of ensuring an unbiased and apolitical election in Nigeria.

This was made known in a statement by APC’s Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena, who however admitted that Nigeria’s election was not perfect.

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According to Nabena: ‘Our election processes are far from perfect, however, marked improvements have been recorded in a series of

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Fayose Lambasts House Of Reps, Call Them Toothless Bulldogs

Fayose Lambasts House Of Reps, Call Them Toothless Bulldogs

December 2, 2020 3:37 am

Ayodele Fayose, a former Governor of Ekiti State, has blasted members of the House of Representatives labelling them as a ‘mere toothless bulldogs’ that only exist on paper in the eyes of President Muhammadu Buhari.

The ex-Governor stated this on his Twitter handle while reacting to a resolution by the House of Representatives to invite the President to brief the House on the true state of security in Nigeria. Fayose said that he would be surprised if Buhari honours their invitation.

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The Nigeria legislative lower Chamber, …

Buhari Appoints Sulaiman Ibrahim As New NAPTIP DG

Buhari Appoints Sulaiman Ibrahim As New NAPTIP DG

December 2, 2020 3:35 am

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has sacked the director-general of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, Julie Okah-Donli and in replacement appointed Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim as the new DG of the agency.

This was contained in a statement released on Tuesday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu. The statement was titled, ‘President Buhari Appoints Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim As Director-General, NAPTIP’.

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It read, ‘President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim as the new Director-General of the

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Governor el-Rufai Sacks 23 Education Secretaries, GM

Restructuring Will Rebalance Nigeria – el-Rufai

December 2, 2020 3:29 am

The Kaduna state governor Malam Nasir el-Rufai has stated that there is a unique opportunity for all Nigerians who believe in the merits of restructuring to work together to realize it. This is according to a statement signed by Muyiwa Adekeye, his Special Adviser on Media and Communication released Tuesday, December 1, 2020.

In a letter titled ‘Restructuring is a national endeavour, let’s realise it together’, the governor calls for a collective national endeavour to secure the necessary constitutional amendments as regard to restructuring. The statement reads: Restructuring is a national endeavour, let’s realize it together.

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Ikedi Ohakim Felicitates With Barr. Willie Amadi

Ikedi Ohakim Felicitates With Barr. Willie Amadi

December 1, 2020 2:25 pm

The Federal Commissioner representing Imo state in the Public Complaints Commission Nigeria, High Chief Barrister Willie Amadi recently celebrated his 58th birthday and a lot of felicitations and congratulations have been showered including one from the former Governor of Imo State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim.

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Chief Ohakim who sent across a letter of felicitation to High Chief Barrister Willie Amadi expressed his joy and happiness at receiving an invite to the 58th birthday celebration. He also extolled God’s miraculous handwork in the life of Barrister Willie Amadi who was his former …

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N-Power: Buhari Orders Increase Of Beneficiaries To 1m

December 1, 2020 10:41 am

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed an increase in the number of N-Power beneficiaries.

Buhari ordered the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development to increase N-Power beneficiaries from 500, 000 to 1,000,000.

Disclosing this on Monday, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, said the order was part of Buhari’s promise to lift 100m Nigerians from poverty in the next 10 years.

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She said Buhari also directed an increase in the number of beneficiaries of the Home-Grown School Feeding by 5,000,000.

The Minister disclosed …

Ethiopia Targets TPLF Leaders After Taking Region's Capital

Ethiopia Targets TPLF Leaders After Taking Region’s Capital

December 1, 2020 7:04 am

Ethiopian President Abiy Ahmed has on Monday revealed that Ethiopian federal forces are currently tracking Tigray region’s dissident leaders who had fled west of the regional capital after weeks of fighting and would ‘attack’ them soon.

This is made known in a wide-ranging four-hour address to MPs where Abiy Ahmed recounted personal tales of alleged TPLF aggression and claimed there had been no civilian casualties in the three weeks of conflict.

The international red Committee of the Red Cross has reported that hospitals in the regional capital, Mekele were flooded by trauma patients. AFP Has also shown a picture of …

Buhari Is A Coward - Activist Aisha Yesufu

Buhari Is A Parasite – Aisha Yesuf

December 1, 2020 7:04 am

Nigerian activist, Aisha Yesufu on Sunday reprimanded President Muhammadu Buhari over the appalling security situation of the country, describing him as having zero use.

She was reacting to the killing of no less than 43 farmers by Boko Haram terrorists in a farming community in Borno State.

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In a series of tweets, the activist said Buhari’s only achievement was to keep Nigerians down. She called on all Nigerians to unite and fight so that they do not become the next victims of the President’s incompetence.

She tweeted, ‘Human beings like

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Everybody Knows US Election Was Rigged – Trump

Everybody Knows US Election Was Rigged – Trump

November 30, 2020 2:52 pm

President Donald Trump started the new week with negative remarks about the United States election and Joe Biden.

On Monday, the Republican declared that the November 3 poll was perhaps the least secure in history.

Trump stated that Biden could not have gotten more votes from Black people than his predecessor, Barack Obama.

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The President also dismissed the Democrat’s more than 80 million popular votes.

In a tweet, he boasted that big things are happening in various litigations filed by his camp.

‘Everybody knows it was Rigged. They know Biden didn’t get

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Why Nigeria Will Continue To Be At Mercy Of Terrorists – Lai

November 30, 2020 9:13 am

Nigeria’s Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Lai Mohammed, has said the country is at the mercy of terrorists because the country is being denied access to acquire needed weapons to fight insurgency.

Mohammed stated this on Monday in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, during a courtesy call on Governor Samuel Ortom.

The Minister who lamented the killings of 43 farmers in Zabarmari, Jere Local Government Area of Borno State, however, claimed the federal government would not relent in its efforts to protect the lives and properties of all Nigerians.

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President Of Ohanaeze - Dr Asoluka, The Best Candidate So Far

President Of Ohanaeze: Dr Asoluka, The Best Candidate So Far

November 30, 2020 7:57 am

The struggle to clasp the plum position of the president of the apex Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has continued to cause ripples, but amongst the candidates, one has stood out tall above others and that is Honourable Chris Chigoziri Asoluka (Ph.D.) who recently declared his interest to run for the apex position.

The highly learned lector has bagged two Bachelor’s degrees. One in advanced Political Science at the Univeristy of Ibadan and the other in Law at the Univerisity of London, UK. He can also boast of multiple masters degrees in International Economic Relations at the University of Lagos, Shipping Economics/Finance …

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Boko Haram: Killing Of 43 Farmers Insane – Buhari

November 29, 2020 6:05 am

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed grief over the killing of farmers by Boko Haram terrorists.

The farmers were beheaded by the terrorists sect at Zabarmari, in Jere Local Government of Borno State on Saturday.

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Buhari, reacting in a statement by Garba Shehu, his spokesman, described the terrorists’ killings as insane.

Part of the statement read: ‘I condemn the killing of our hardworking farmers by terrorists in Borno State. The entire country is hurt by these senseless killings. My thoughts are with their families in the time of

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