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FFK Reacts As Miyetti Says Yoruba People Are Most Primitive

January 21, 2020 2:35 pm
Nigeria’s former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has reacted to the statement by Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore group that people of the Southwest are the ‘most primitive when it comes to politics.’

NAN had reported that the National Secretary of the group, Alhassan Saleh, made the declaration while faulting people of the Southwest for supporting the establishment of Amotekun, a region security outfit.

Featuring on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ programme, Saleh explained that people of the Southwest are very intolerant of opposition.

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When asked to confirm a statement credited to

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Dangote Breaks Into List Of World’s Top 100 Richest People

January 1, 2020 1:25 pm
Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, is now on the list of 100 richest people in the world.

He became $4.3 billion richer in 2019 with earnings from cement, flour and sugar, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

The 62 years old mogul ended the decade with a net worth of almost $15 billion, making him the 96th wealthiest man on earth.

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Dangote incorporated his own business selling cement at 21 and shifted to manufacturing the building material in the 1990s.

He heads the Dangote Industries which account for more

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I’ll Open Can Of Worms, Edo People Will Stone Oshiomhole

December 30, 2019 4:57 am

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Kabiru Adjoto, yesterday, said he will open a can of worms that will make Edo people to stone APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, on the streets

He said the can of worms would seal the political fate of the Edo State former governor.

Adjoto also vowed to organise a national protest, tagged: ‘Oshiomhole Must Go’, against the former Edo governor in the New Year.

The immediate past speaker of the state House of Assembly, who told party members at his country home at Ikakumo in Igarraland in Edo, said the protest …

Ikpeazu-Led Government Showing Wickedness To Abia People

December 28, 2019 7:22 am
A Chieftain of the All Progressives Grand Alliance(APGA) and the 2019 governorship candidate of the party in Abia State, Alex Otti has expressed dismay over the continued impoverishment of people of the State with draconian policies of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu-led administration.

This came as the State chairman of APGA, Hon. Nkem Okoro, had in a statement during the week, carpeted the Abia government on the non payment of State workers, saying that it was both unlawful and ungodly to do otherwise given the amount of money the government receives every month.

However, Otti, who spoke in a press statement issued

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Makinde: I Will Break Toes To Serve My People

December 27, 2019 10:25 am

On Thursday, Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, said he would not mind breaking some toes if it would enable him to serve the ordinary people of the state and also fight for their rights.

According to a statement made available to by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, said the governor, who clocked 52 on Christmas Day, made the declaration during his Birthday Thanksgiving Service held at the St Peter’s Cathedral, Aremo, Ibadan.

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He said his determination to render service to the ordinary people informed his decision to …

Buhari’s SIP Has Brought Governance To People -Iriase

December 26, 2019 8:52 am

Immediate past deputy chief whip of the House of Representatives, Pally Iriase, has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s Social Investment Programme (SIP) and his administration’s investment in human capital development has brought governance closer to the people.

The former Owan Federal Constituency representative, made the observation at Otuo, near Afuze, Owan East Local Government Area of Edo State at the commencement of a skills acquisition training programme for over 300 woman and youths in the constituency.

He said before Buhari’s administration, Nigerians knew almost nothing about SIP, adding that the president has introduced dynamism into what the SIP is all …

I’m Embarrassed When People Say I Want To Be Edo Godfather

December 21, 2019 3:56 am

National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole says he is usually embarrassed when accused of trying to play the godfather in Edo State politics.

Oshiomhole, who stated this in a television interview friday, said he would have been able to influence the appointment of several people if he was a godfather, but that he was only able to persuade Governor Godwin Obaseki to accept a founding member of his campaign organisation in 2006 as commissioner.

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He said, “My own embarrassment is when they say, Oshiomhole …

Bayelsa Election: Ijaw People Attack Sule Lamido

December 15, 2019 3:04 am

The people of Ijaw have provided the reasons former President Goodluck Jonathan had to work against the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and governor Seriake Dickson in the governorship election in the State.

Giving the reasons, the Ijaw Monitoring Group, IMG, also warned a former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido to henceforth, stop rubbishing their son, Jonathan, with blackmail.

Leader of the group, Comrade Joseph Evah, told the Sun that the Ijaw nation was not happy with the comments of Lamido on Jonathan in a recent interview.

He said the comments were targeted to “blackmail, malign, rubbish and bring to …

Assembly

People Think Government Is Not Doing Anything, But No Money

November 27, 2019 8:06 am

In this conversation with Chuks Okocha, Senator Robert Boroffice, the Deputy Senate Leader, concentrates on issues around the new senate and its relationship with the executive

Many Nigerians wonder if the romance between the Senate and the Executive is an ‘overdo’, do you share this view?

Not at all. Thank God that we have this relationship between the executive and the legislature. It is the best thing for this country because the executive may not be able to implement these programmes if the legislature decides to be an obstacle. We all witnessed what happened in the Eighth Assembly. When the …

2020 Budget Will Be About People, Says Abiodun

November 26, 2019 6:26 am

The Ogun State government has said that no vanity project will feature in the state’s 2020 budget being compiled for presentation to the state House of Assembly.

Governor Dapo Abiodun gave this assurance yesterday when he declared open the 2020 treasury board meeting at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, the state capital. He said: “Cognisance has been taken to eliminate white elephant projects or any such project that would boost the public perception of any political actor in the state.

“We must realise that our responsibilities to the people or our state go beyond channelling efforts towards the routine patterns for the use …

Issele-Uku People In Abuja Roll Out Drums For Obi Nduka

Issele-Uku People In Abuja Roll Out Drums For Obi Nduka

November 2, 2019 3:47 am

The people of Issele-Uku in Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State living in Abuja have perfected plans to give their king, the obi of Issele-Uku kingdom, Obi Agbogidi Nduka, MNSE, a befitting welcome during his planned visit to Abuja on Saturday, November 9, 2019.

The ceremony, being organised by the Issele-Uku Development Union (IDU), is scheduled to take place at the International Conference Center in Abuja.

The event is themed:  “A Celebration of Culture and Royalty; A Day with our King,” His Royal Majesty, Obi Agbogidi Nduka, MNSE.

According the chairman of the Hosting Committee of the Issele-Uku …

Belgian Police Find 12 People In Refrigerated Lorry

Belgian Police Find 12 People In Refrigerated Lorry

October 31, 2019 3:31 am

Belgian police say they have found 12 people “safe and well” in a refrigerated lorry, one week after 39 people lost their lives in a similar vehicle that had travelled to Essex via continental Europe.

The migrants were discovered in the back of a fruit and vegetable lorry on the motorway, near the Flemish town of Oud-Turnhout, in the early hours of Wednesday. Police said they found 12 adult men: 11 Syrians and one Sudanese citizen.

“Yesterday evening we received a call from a lorry driver near Oud-Turnhout who suspected that there were people in his refrigerated lorry,” Sarah Frederickx, …

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