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Nnaji Resignation Certificate Scandal Rocks Nigeria Cabinet

Nnaji Resignation Certificate Scandal Rocks Nigeria Cabinet

October 8, 2025 6:51 am

Former Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology Uche (Geoffrey) Nnaji resigned on Tuesday following allegations that he submitted forged academic and NYSC credentials during his appointment. His decision, he says, is “a personal choice — not an admission of guilt,” and comes amid intense public scrutiny and institutional denials of his claimed qualifications.

In a statement posted shortly after he stepped down, Nnaji thanked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for allowing him to serve and pledged continued loyalty, despite the controversy. “I remain deeply grateful to His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, for the confidence he reposed in me … …

Insecurity ADC Joins Calls For Buhari’s Resignation

Insecurity: ADC Joins Calls For Buhari’s Resignation

August 7, 2022 2:33 am

The leadership of the African Democratic Party (ADC) has announced that it is backing the party’s presidential candidate, Mr Dumebi Kachikwu, in his call for President Muhammadu Buhari to step aside if he cannot find solutions to the country’s worsening security situation and fix the economy.

The party also berated the Federal Government’s present approach to the ongoing industrial action by university lecturers.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that the university lecturers had in February this year embarked on a strike that has left the universities shut since then.

ADC promised to engage with members of the Academic …

Insecurity Terrorism Has Taken Over Nigeria, Falana Cries Out

Insecurity: Terrorism Has Taken Over Nigeria, Falana Cries Out

July 27, 2022 4:14 am

Lagos-based human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has lamented that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has brought depression and hardship calling on the President to resign in the face of growing terror in the land.

Falana made this call while speaking at the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) protest in Lagos on Tuesday.

He pointed out Buhari’s remarks that he is eager to leave office as one of the motivations behind his call.

‘The living standards of our people are getting worse by the day. We didn’t vote for a regime to cause hardship in Nigeria and that is what is going …

UK PM Position I Won’t Endorse Anyone - Boris Johnson

UK PM Position: I Won’t Endorse Anyone – Boris Johnson

July 12, 2022 4:56 am

Boris Johnson, the outgoing British prime minister, revealed on Monday that he would not want to endorse a favourite in the leadership race in order to harm the chances of any of the contenders to succeed him at 10 Downing Street.

The 58-year-old embattled Conservative Party leader said he was determined to fulfil the commitments he made in his winning general election manifesto in the final weeks of his term as caretaker prime minister when he spoke to reporters for the first time since making his dramatic resignation announcement last week.

‘There’s a contest underway and it’s happened; I …

Senate Moves To Probe EX-CJN Tanko, Despite Resignation

Senate Moves To Probe EX-CJN Tanko, Despite Resignation

June 29, 2022 5:36 am

Notwithstanding the resignation of Justice Tanko Muhammad as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), the Nigerian Senate has resolved to continue with its investigation into the crisis in the Supreme Court which purportedly contributed to his exit. 

Senators in the upper chamber of the National Assembly made the resolution during the plenary on Tuesday following a motion moved by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that concerns over the poor welfare conditions and challenging work environment in the supreme court were expressed by Supreme …

Oshiomhole Speaks On His Resignation As APC Chairman

January 3, 2020 6:36 am
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiohmole, has spoken on calls for his resignation.

Oshiohmole stated this when he addressed State House correspondents after the end of a closed door meeting with President Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday.

He said: “You hardly see people throwing stone at a dry tree palm tree. But if you see a mango tree when it is its season, people throw stones at it when passing.

“I think that is my lot but my report card is also very very clear. You my comrades (media) should also help

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AFN Board Members Reject Ogba’s Resignation

December 4, 2019 4:25 am
Board members of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) have described Evangelist Solomon Ogba’s resignation from the federation’s board as an attempt to divert attention from the $150,000 World Athletics grant given to the federation for the hosting of the 21st African Athletics Championships in Asaba, Delta State, last year.

Brown Ebewele, one of the board members, said Ogba should explain why the money was not paid into the federation’s account but a private account.

Ogba had, on Monday, resigned as a board member of the AFN citing unhealthy politics in the board and undue interference by the federal government …

PDP

55 Party Chairmen Reject PDP Call For Mahmood Resignation

December 1, 2019 1:04 pm

There was a major crack among the country’s opposition political parties on Sunday after 55 national chairmen of political parties rejected the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) call for the resignation of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu.

The PDP had last Thursday asked the INEC chief to resign over statements allegedly credited to two INEC Commissioners; Festus Okoye and Haruna Mohammed, that the “card readers were circumvented” in elections conducted by the Commission.

The party, in a statement issued on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, said the statements were admissions that …

Lebanese Protesters Celebrate Hariri's Resignation

Lebanese Protesters Celebrate Hariri’s Resignation

October 31, 2019 6:23 am

Cries of celebration went up across Lebanon on Tuesday as protesters demanding the fall of the government celebrated Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s resignation – though most said this was merely an initial victory in a long-term battle.

“It’s a good first step but we’re still going to stay in the streets,” Pierre Mouzannar, a 21-year old filmmaker told Al Jazeera in central Beirut. “Hariri is part of the problem but he’s not all of the problem … I don’t think anyone thinks we’re done.”

For many demonstrators in the capital, the news of Hariri’s resignation was an important boost in

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