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‘I Will Never Vote For A Muslim Muslim Ticket’ - Onaiyekan

‘I Will Never Vote For A Muslim/Muslim Ticket’ – Onaiyekan

October 6, 2022 3:51 am

Cardinal John Onaiyekan who is the Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja Archdiocese, on Wednesday disclosed that he will not vote for Muslim/Muslim ticket in the 2023 general election.

He made this vow while speaking at the first synod of the Catholic Diocese of Osogbo at Our Lady and St Kizito Pastoral Centre, Oke Gada Ede, themed ‘The Church As an Agent of Dialogue and Reconciliation In Our Community In Quest For A Just and Peaceful Social Order.’

He pointed out that the reason for the Muslim/Muslim tickets was a result of the decision by the All Progressives Congress (APC) for …

Reps Moves To Probe $33m Monthly Payment For Electricity

Nigerian Reps Committee Mulls Merger Of NCC, NITDA

October 5, 2022 10:04 pm

The section of the Nigerian House of Representatives Committee who have been in charge of investigating for the duplication of functions of Ministries, Departments and Agencies In Nigeria have on Wednesday discussed the major possibility of actually merging the Nigeria Communications Commission and also the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA).

The senate committee had also raised the possibility of this merger when Umar Danbatta who is the Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, appeared before the Committee.

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A member of the Committee, who had been identified as …

FG Registers Two Varsity Unions, Moves To Weaken ASUU

FG Registers Two Varsity Unions, Moves To Weaken ASUU

October 5, 2022 7:25 am

In a bid to weaken the influence of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the Federal Government of Nigeria, on Tuesday, registered two unions in the university system.

The unions are the National Association of Medical and Dental Academics and the Congress of Nigerian University Academics.

The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chris Ngige, made this known while speaking during the presention of the certificates of registration to the two unions explained that the two bodies will exist alongside ASUU.

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2023 INEC Vows To Unleash EFCC, ICPC On Vote-Buyers

2023: INEC Vows To Unleash EFCC, ICPC On Vote-Buyers

October 5, 2022 6:55 am

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reiterated its commitment and readiness to rid the forthcoming 2023 general election of vote-buying through its existing partnership with the security and anti-graft agencies in the country.

The National Commissioner in charge of Information and Voter Education, Festus Okoye, made this disclosure during an expert meeting on election logistics for the 2023 general election held in Lagos on Tuesday.

Okoye, while giving updates on the commission’s efforts to curb financial inducements at polling units, said anyone found culpable would be apprehended.

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Sanwo-Olu Declares Salary Increment For Lagos Civil Servants

Sanwo-Olu Declares Salary Increment For Lagos Civil Servants

October 5, 2022 6:37 am

Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu who is the Governor of Lagos State has announced a salary increment for workers in the state public office.

Sanwo-Olu made this announcement when he spoke on Tuesday during his courtesy visit to the Head, Office of Public Service in Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos.

Aside from this, the governor also went further to disclose a phased system of distribution of official vehicles to persons on the director level beginning from the end of October, even as he said that 100 directors will benefit at every phase.

The governor, who made the announcement Tuesday during his working visit to …

PDP Crisis BoT Members To Hold Key Meeting With Wike Today

PDP Crisis: BoT Members To Hold Key Meeting With Wike Today

October 4, 2022 6:59 am

As part of its reconciliation mission, the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), will today meet with the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, over the lingering crisis rocking the party.

The BoT’s meeting with Wike in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, comes after the advisory body met with the PDP presidential candidate in Abuja, Atiku Abubakar, on Sunday. The BoT has also met with the vice presidential candidate, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa.

Recall that Wike and some other aggrieved governors and party leaders pulled out of the party’s presidential campaign council following the refusal of the PDP national …

Why Nigerian Youths Don’t Value Democracy — Gbajabiamila

Why Nigerian Youths Don’t Value Democracy — Gbajabiamila

October 4, 2022 6:40 am

The Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has asserted that young people in Nigeria don’t value democracy because their expectations have so far not been met.

He pointed out that what Nigeria needs in 2023 is a leader that can reassure the youth about democracy being the best alternative.

Mr Gbajabiamila spoke in Abuja on Monday at the opening ceremony of the Legislative Mentorship Initiative for some youth.

The initiative seeks to train 74 selected youth to develop public sector skills.

The speaker said most youth did not experience the military government and have become disillusioned …

Liberian Govt Confiscates $100 Million Worth Of Cocaine

Liberian Govt Confiscates $100 Million Worth Of Cocaine

October 4, 2022 6:33 am

Liberian authorities on Tuesday confirmed that they had seized some $100 million worth of cocaine, with help from the United States’ international narcotics agency.

Liberian Justice Minister Musa Dean informed reporters the national Drug Enforcement Agency, with help from the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, had made the seizure Saturday in Topoe village, a western suburb of the capital Monrovia.

The operation led ‘to the seizure of $100 million worth of pure cocaine’, he said.

He also added that a Guinea-Bissau national and a Lebanese suspect were arrested.

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2023 I Will Restore Nigeria’s Glory As President - Kwankwaso

2023: I Will Restore Nigeria’s Glory As President – Kwankwaso

October 4, 2022 6:26 am

Ahead of next year’s general election, the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) Rabiu Kwankwaso has vowed to restore the country’s lost glory if elected next year. 

Kwankwaso said this on Sunday shortly after holding a closed-door meeting with NNPP stalwarts in Jalingo, Taraba State where he also commissioned the party’s offices.

He says he has the capacity to reposition Nigeria economically and restore security and infrastructure in the country. This, he said, pushed him to join the presidential race.

“Well, you see, our strategy normally is to allow people to continue to underrate us. Our politics …

Coup: Fromer Burkina Faso Leader Damiba Flees To Togo

Coup: Fromer Burkina Faso Leader Damiba Flees To Togo

October 3, 2022 7:26 pm

The government of Togo has on Monday made some confirmations that the controversial ousted Burkina Faso leader, Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba has finally fled to Togo after a military coup.

It also revealed that the West African bloc ECOWAS has made some plans to send envoys to Burkina Faso after some of the troops had toppled Damiba in the country’s second putsch in nine months.

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Akodah Ayewouadan who is Togo’s Minister of Communication and government spokesman had revealed that Damiba was in Togo as part of the country’s …

Burkina Junta Leader Damiba Agrees To Step Down – Mediators

Burkina Junta Leader Damiba Agrees To Step Down – Mediators

October 3, 2022 7:37 am

Burkina Faso’s junta leader Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba agreed to step down Sunday, two days after military officers announced he had been removed from power, religious and community leaders said.

Following mediation between Damiba and the new self-proclaimed leader, Ibrahim Traore, ‘Damiba himself offered his resignation in order to avoid confrontations with serious human and material consequences’, the religious and community leaders said in a statement.

They added that Damiba had set ‘seven conditions’ for stepping down, including a guarantee of security for his allies in the military, ‘a guarantee of his security and rights’ and that those taking power must …

El-Rufai Fumes Over Lynching Of 2 Herders In Birnin Gwari

El-Rufai Fumes Over Lynching Of 2 Herders In Birnin Gwari

October 3, 2022 7:29 am

The Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufa’i has condemned in strong words, the strongest terms the killing of two herders by a mob in Birnin Gwari local government area of the state.

In a statement on Sunday, the commissioner for internal security and home affairs, Samuel Aruwan, asserted that the security agencies reported that the mob forcefully seized the two herders from security personnel, on unsubstantiated claims that they were linked with banditry.

The statement noted that the mob then lynched and burnt the herders, even though they had not been found complicit in the allegations.

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