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First Lady Aisha Buhari Returns To Abuja Very Bitter

First Lady Aisha Buhari Returns To Abuja Very Bitter

October 13, 2019 11:16 am
  • Fake news will plunge Nigeria into chaos, she warns

The wife of the president, Mrs. Aisha Buhari has cautioned Nigerians on the dangers of spreading fake news in the country, say it might plunge the country into trouble.

Last week Thursday, the social media was awash with stories of her husband, getting set to marry Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq.

The wife of the president was rumoured to have returned to the country to cause an upset over the alleged affair, but was shut out by ‘Aso Rock cabal.’

Aisha gave the …

Igbo Presidency Can Come Through Peaceful Debates - Obioha

Igbo Presidency Can Come Through Peaceful Debates – Obioha

October 13, 2019 10:08 am

Former National Chairman of Alliance for Democracy (AD), Rev Okechukwu Christopher Obioha is the National Coordinator, Southeast for Presidency 2023 Movement (SEFORP2023). He explained to newsmen why 2023 presidency will not elude Southeast zone.

Your group is championing Igbo Presidency in 2023. Do you think this is possible?

The Southeast for President 2023 Movement (SEFORP2023) is a mass movement that peacefully advocates the election of a President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria from the Southeast during the 2023 elections.

SEFORP2023 is an apolitical, but socio-political peaceful movement that does not belong to and is not funded by any political …

Tunisia Presidential Election, Between Karoui And Saied

Tunisia Presidential Election, Between Karoui And Saied

October 13, 2019 7:36 am

Tunisians were choosing on Sunday between two political outsiders to be their next president, in a free election that has seen voters ditch top politicians after years of declining living standards following a 2011 revolution.

Media mogul Nabil Karoui and his opponent, retired law professor Kais Saied, beat a crowded field of 24 rivals in the first round of voting last month.

Tunisians are struggling with unemployment of 15%, inflation of 6.8%, declining public services and pressure from foreign lenders to cut deficits and rein in a large state debt.

Supporters of Karoui see him as a professionally successful, conservative, …

How Emirs And Military Officers Fuel Zamfara Banditry

How Emirs And Military Officers Fuel Zamfara Banditry

October 13, 2019 7:08 am

A committee set up by Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State to find solutions to banditry and other security challenges in the state has indicted top military officers and traditional rulers for complicity in the spate of violence that has killed more than 6,000 people in the last 10 years.

This is as the Nigerian Army said its soldiers neutralised no fewer than 39 armed bandits in two different operations in Zamfara State last week.

In another development, the Army said on Saturday the blockade of terrorists’ logistics supply routes in the North-east by troops paid off with the capture …

Gunmen Attack Mosque In Burkina Faso, Killing 15 Persons

Gunmen Attack Mosque In Burkina Faso, Killing 15 Persons

October 13, 2019 2:57 am

At least 15 people have been killed and two seriously injured in an attack on a mosque in northern Burkina Faso by a yet to be identified gunmen.

Gunmen entered the Grand Mosque in the village of Salmossi on Friday evening as those inside were praying. The attack prompted many locals to flee the village which is close to the Malian border.

Hundreds of people have been killed in the country over the past few years, mostly by jihadist groups. One resident from the nearby town of Gorom-Gorom told AFP news agency: “Since this morning, people have started to flee …

National No Bra Day; Meaning, Origin And Significance

National No Bra Day; Meaning, Origin And Significance

October 13, 2019 2:46 am

Today marks one of the most underrated holidays of the year, National No Bra Day—which, yes, is a real thing. Although the origins of National No Bra Day are unclear – this event has been running since at least 2011, with the message of raising awareness on breast cancer which has plagued women for years on now.

A controversial event in the eyes of some people, National No Bra Day further aims to raise awareness of breast cancer during October. The event is used to pass a message for the importance of breast cancer screening, recognising the symptoms of …

Cautious Optimism Greets Oil Discovery In Gongola Basin

Cautious Optimism Greets Oil Discovery In Gongola Basin

October 13, 2019 2:23 am
  • Environmental Challenges, Insecurity, Cost Of Production Bane Of Further Exploration
  • Commerciality Of Find Critical – Experts

The news about the possible discovery of oil in the Gongola Basin of Northeast Nigeria was welcomed with strict and cautious optimism from experts.

Exciting as the news of the discovery of hydrocarbon deposits in the Kolmani River II Well on the Upper Benue Trough, Gongola Basin may be, stakeholders, yesterday, insisted that the development would only be meaningful after the volumetric of the hydrocarbon is determined.

They equally noted that festering insecurity, environmental issues, dearth of infrastructure and cost of production were major …

Rohr Denies Plan To Resign, focuses On AFCON Qualifiers

Rohr Denies Plan To Resign, Focuses On AFCON Qualifiers

October 13, 2019 2:06 am
  • Match Starts At 1pm Nigeria time

Super Eagles Coach, Gernot Rohr, has refuted claims that he plans to dump the male senior national team. The German-French coach, who is in Singapore, as Eagles take on the Samba Boys in today’s friendly game, slammed the rumour circulating in the social media, as baseless.

While saying he was preparing the team for the 2021 Total Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers against Benin Republic and Lesotho, the Super Eagles sweat merchant said: “The game against Brazil will show how much we are progressing after finishing third at the Africa Cup in …

Rescue Underway As Typhoon Hagibis Kills 11 In Japan

Rescue Underway As Typhoon Hagibis Kills 11 In Japan

October 13, 2019 1:47 am

The military in Japan scrambled Sunday to rescue people trapped by flooding after powerful Typhoon Hagibis ripped across the country, killing at least 11 people and leaving more than a dozen missing.

The storm’s heavy rain triggered deadly landslides and caused rivers to burst their banks. The destruction forced Rugby World Cup organisers to cancel the third match of the tournament though the key Japan-Scotland clash will go ahead.

By Sunday morning, the significantly weakened storm had moved back off land, but severe flooding was reported in central Japan’s Nagano, where a burst levee sent water from the Chikuma river …

Gbajabiamila Pushes For Special Fund For Women In Politics

Gbajabiamila Pushes For Special Fund For Women In Politics

October 12, 2019 7:39 pm

Faults Agitation For Gender Quota In Leadership Position

Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, yesterday, said he would push for the creation of a special fund to sponsor women’s political activities.

Speaking during a dialogue session organised by the Women in Management, Business and Public Service (WimBiz) in Abuja, Gbajabiamila said Nigerian women have a lot to offer in politics.

The Speaker who promised to recommend the idea to the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the All Progressive Congress (APC), argued that with the right candidates, good ideas, funding and organisation, more Nigerian women would get elected into political …

Planned Deregistration: Political Parties Warn Senate

Senate: Lopsided Recruitment Within FIRS, NDLEA, Others

October 12, 2019 4:59 pm

The Senate has expressed concern over alleged lopsided appointments in some federal agencies and departments and has therefore resolved to probe the on-going recruitment exercise with a view to ensuring that all geo-political zones are evenly represented.

Chairman of the Senate Committee on Federal Character and Intergovernmental Affairs, Senator Danjuma La’ah, who disclosed this at the maiden meeting of the committee, listed the agencies to include Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), National Open University (NOUN), Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC), University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Rural Electrification Agency and Nigerian Navy.

He warned that the committee would not tolerate …

LGBTQ Activists Oppose Uganda's Death Penalty Bill For Gay

LGBTQ Activists Oppose Uganda’s Death Penalty Bill For Gay

October 12, 2019 12:55 pm

The Ugandan government’s plan to reintroduce a bill that could impose the death penalty for homosexuality is being met with defiance from the LGBTQ community in the East African nation, activists told CNN.

Ugandan Ethics Minister Simon Lokodo, in an interview with local media Thursday, said present laws criminalizing gay sex – which in theory can come with a life sentence – were not tough enough.
When asked by a presenter on local NTV why the bill is being introduced now, Lokodo said, “The penal code only criminalizes the act [gay sex]. …Now we’re saying anything, like recruitment, promotion, exhibition…amounts
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