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SARS - Saraki Advises Buhari On How To Handle Police Brutality

SARS: Saraki Advises Buhari On How To Handle Police Brutality

Bukola Saraki, former Senate President, on Saturday, urged the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government to immediately put a stop to the harassment of Nigerians by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS.

Saraki also urged the federal government to restructure the unit for better protection of Nigerians.

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He said this in a series of tweets via his verified Twitter handle.

‘The reports of the continued harassment, illegal arrest, detention and high handedness by rogue cells of the SARS Unit of @PoliceNG against innocent Nigerians – most of them

Nigeria has enough tourism sites to attract huge earnings – NTDC DG

Nigeria Has Enough Tourism Sites To Attract Huge Funds – NTDC

The Nigerian Tourism Development Commission, NTDC, says it believed Nigeria has more than enough tourism sites to attract huge earnings for the country.

The Director General of NTDC, Mr. Folorunsho Coker disclosed this in an interview.

He said Nigerians must cultivate the habit of promoting the indigenous tourism potentials and local contents in order to end the urge for foreign tourism.

According to Coker, it is high time Nigerians key into government policies to change the narrative.

He said the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has provided conducive environment for …

Shagari’s son Aminu apologises to Jonathan, knocks Buhari

Shagari’s Son Aminu Apologises To Jonathan, Knocks Buhari

Aminu Shagari, three-term House of Representatives member and lawyer son of the late President Shehu Shagari, has apologised to the former Nigerian president, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.

Aminu said he helped to bring down Jonathan’s government to ensure Muhammadu Buhari emerged despite that as a military officer he led a coup that dethroned his father in 1983.

Mr. Shagari, who was president between 1979 and 1983, passed away on December 28, aged 93. He was removed in a military coup led by Nigeria’s current president, Muhammadu Buhari.

Years after, Mr. …

I Won’t Hesitate To Kick Out Disloyal Aides – Akeredolu

Those Promising Tuition Fees Reduction Are Deceitful – Akeredolu

Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Saturday said that those promising drastic reduction in tuition fees in the state are being deceitful.

Akeredolu said this during an interactive with the youth and students of various associations in the state’s tertiary institutions in Akure.

The Ondo State governorship election comes up on Oct. 10.

Akeredolu said that it would be difficult for the state to operate three state universities successfully without increment of tuition fees.

The governor said that he could not afford to lie to the electorate on his achievements and the actual situation of things in the state …

Obama Extends Support To Trump, Despite ‘Political Fight’

Obama Extends Support To Trump, Despite ‘Political Fight’

Former President Barack Obama on Friday sent a message of support to White House successor Donald Trump and his wife Melania, setting aside the bitter election battle to wish them a rapid recovery from COVID-19.

“Although we’re in the midst of a big political fight, and we take that very seriously, we also want to extend our best wishes to the president of the United States, the first lady,” Obama said at the start of a fundraising event with vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris.

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“Michelle and I are …

Spate of kidnappings in Kogi reduced – Gov Yahaya Bello

Spate Of Kidnappings In Kogi Reduced – Gov Yahaya Bello

Govenor Yahaya Bello of Kogi has said that the spate of kidnappings in the state has reduced to the barest minimum.

He stated this on Saturday at the Senate Press Corps’ Retreat 2020, held in Lokoja, Kogi with the theme, “Democracy and Development in a Federation: Roles of Media, States and Parliaments’’.

Declaring the event open, Gov. Bello, who was represented by his Deputy, David Onoja, said that before the emergence of the present administration in the state in 2016, ‘Kogi was noted as the kidnap capital of Nigeria’.’

Buhari Has Performed Better Than Presidents Before Him – Malami

Buhari Has Performed Better Than Presidents Before Him – Malami

Abubakar Malami, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, has insisted that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government has outperformed his predecessors from 1999.

Malami explained that the Buhari-led administration outperformed his predecessors in the area of infrastructural development.

The AGF stated this while hosting some members of the All Progress Congress, APC, in Abuja, yesterday.

Malami also maintained that the current APC-led administration has performed more than its critics.

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He lamented that the current administration inherited massive unemployment from previous governments.

Malami said …

Plot To Impeach Akeredolu’s Deputy Thickens As Assembly Reconvenes

Akeredolu Collects Separate ₦750m, ₦150m Monthly – Ajayi

Agboola Ajayi, the Deputy Governor of Ondo State, has said that the Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu gets a security vote of ₦750million naira and an imprest of about ₦150 million monthly.

Ajayi, who is the governorship candidate of Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) also claimed he (Ajayi) earns ₦12 million naira and not the ₦13 million as claimed by Governor Akeredolu.

He was reacting to an earlier comment by Akeredolu claiming he (Ajayi) gets the highest running grant of ₦13m monthly.

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But the Deputy Governor in a statement signed by …

Why I Cannot Expose Some Secrets – IBB

Why I Cannot Expose Some Secrets – IBB

Former Military President, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, IBB, has admitted he is taking a long time in writing his memoirs because he is scared of being sued.

IBB, while speaking on Channels Television on Friday night, also said he wanted to do a thorough job of it.

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‘I am scared of somebody suing me to court to say that I libelled somebody or that I misrepresented somebody and I will spend five years going to court,’ Babangida said.

When asked of his friends’ opinion about being bound by the oath of

US President, Donald Trump Hospitalised

US President, Donald Trump Hospitalised

US President, Donald Trump has been transported to Walter Reed medical centre after developing mild symptoms from the deadly coronavirus infection.

This was made known in a statement released by the White House on Friday, the Sun reports.

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According to the statement, the president will spend “the next few days” at the military hospital in Maryland.

‘Out of an abundance of caution, and at the recommendation of his physician and medical experts, the President will be working from the presidential offices at Walter Reed for the next few days,’

Ndume Kicks Against Blanket Amnesty For Bandits

₦2bn Fraud: I Can’t Find Maina – Sen Ndume Tells Court

Ali Ndume, Senator representing Borno South, on Friday, told a Federal High Court in Abuja, that he cannot find the former chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulraheed Maina.

Ndume is standing as bail surety for Maina, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on 12 counts of money laundering involving about ₦2billion.

Maina has been absent in court for three times in a row within one week.

Read Also: Ex-Pension Chairman, Maina Released From Kuje Prison

In line with terms and conditions of the bail which the judge Justice Okon Abang gave …

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Nigeria Govt Explains Reasons For Kano-Maradi Rail Link

The Federal Government has clarified that the extension of the Lagos-Kano-Katsina rail line to Maradi in Niger Republic is for economic and commercial benefits.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed gave the explanation on Friday when he featured on Nigeria Television. Authority (NTA) live programme, “Good Morning Nigeria”

The programme which focused on “Nigeria at 60: Matters Arising” was monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.

Mohammed said the rail extension is intended for Nigeria to take economic advantages of import and …