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Sowore: Malami Speaks On ‘US Letter’ Warning Buhari Govt

December 22, 2019 1:40 pm
Abubakar Malami, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, on Sunday declared that he did not receive any correspondence from the United States, US, lawmakers over the re-arrest and continued detention of Omoyele Sowore, convener of the RevolutionNow protest.

Malami stated that no such letter got to his office before the close of work last Friday.

Sowore has been in custody of the Department of State Service, DSS, since he called for a revolution earlier in the year.

Despite been granted bail by courts, the secret police had refused to set him free.

On December 9, 2019, DSS

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“Nothing Speaks Against” Flick Staying On As Bayern Coach

December 21, 2019 5:18 pm

Hansi Flick is set to remain head coach of Bayern Munich until the end of the season after club chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said Saturday that “nothing speaks against it”.

The 54-year-old was made interim boss for Bayern’s remaining games of 2019 when Niko Kovac was sacked in early November.

Under Flick, Bayern have won eight of their last ten games, including Saturday’s 2-0 victory at home to Wolfsburg ahead of the Bundesliga winter break.

“There is absolutely nothing to be said against it,” Rummenigge told Sky when asked if Flick is likely to be kept on until May.

“We are …

Immigration Speaks On Visa On Arrival Policy, Amnesty

December 21, 2019 2:12 pm

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Saturday gave an update on the visa on arrival policy.

Comptroller General, Muhammad Babandede, spoke on Saturday at the Immigration Training School, Kano State.

The CGI said the policy was an opportunity for Africans that were coming for legitimate businesses to thrive in countries other than their own.

He added that it was a means of integration and cementing African brotherhood and breaking the barriers of free movement among Africans.

Babandede assured Nigerians that the policy would be handled professionally through best global practices without compromising national security.

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Adoke’s Lawyer, Ozekhome Speaks On Arrest, Blasts EFCC

December 21, 2019 10:06 am

Mike Ozekhome, SAN, counsel to former Mohammed Bello Adoke, former Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, has condemned his arrest and detention.

A Federal Capital Territory, High Court, FCT, sitting in Maitama, on Friday ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to detain Adoke, for 14 days.

Justice Othman Musa held that Adoke should be held in custody pending investigation.

The judge gave the order while granting an ex-parte motion moved by EFCC’s lawyer, Fatima Mustapha to that effect.

Operatives of the commission had picked up Adoke at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja upon his arrival from …

NLC Speaks On Effect Of Border Closure In Nigeria

December 19, 2019 1:55 pm

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Bayelsa on Thursday applauded the Federal Government for the border closure, saying the policy was yielding positive results in various local products, especially rice.

The NLC Chairman in the state, Mr. John Ndiomu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yenagoa that the border closure was doing more good than harm.

According to Ndiomu, the border closure is a good thing to happen to this country.

“I thought there would be no rice, but now, look at our rice everywhere because of the border closure.

“All these rice are locally made in Nigeria. …

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Ljunberg Speaks After Being Named Arsenal Interim Coach

November 29, 2019 11:33 am

Arsenal Football Club interim coach Freddie Ljungberg on Friday promised to give everything to put smiles on faces of the fans after a disappointing start to the season.

“However long I oversee Arsenal for I will give everything I have to put smiles on faces again,” Ljungberg said in a tweet.

Ljungberg was appointed Arsenal interim manager after the sack of coach Unai Emery on Friday.

The Arsenal board said they are confident of Ljungberg’s abilities for the games he will be managing the team.

“We have full confidence in …

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Bill Cosby Speaks From Prison

November 26, 2019 6:19 am
Bill Cosby says he has no issue rotting in prison, even if that’s for the rest of his life because he’s never going to show a bit of remorse for his crime in a report by TMZ.
The 82-year-old comedian who was found guilty of aggravated indecent assault and sentenced to 3 to 10 years gave his first prison interview to Black Press USA, and said,

“I have 8 years and 9 months left. When I come up for parole, they’re not going to hear me say that I have remorse. I was there. I don’t care what group of

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Sowore Speaks From Custody, Buhari To Destroy Civic Space”

November 15, 2019 11:40 am

Detained social activist, publisher and politician, Omoyele Sowore, has spoken out from the custody of the State Security Service, telling NAN he is being held as part of a grand scheme by the Buhari administration to shut down Nigeria’s civic space.

Mr Sowore called a NAN reporter on Thursday afternoon, in a rare move to directly send out a message to the public.

It was a message of courage, defiance and hope for both his teeming supporters and the Nigerian downtrodden people.

The Sahara Reporters’ publisher said he would remain undeterred by the controversial tactics of the current government, …

Arsenal Speaks On Club’s Recent Results, Unai Emery

November 11, 2019 3:38 pm

Arsenal bosses told the club’s staff on Monday at a meeting that they were “disappointed” and that “things need to improve” following the club’s sloppy results in recent games.

Arsenal’s head of football Raul Sanllehi and managing director Vinai Venkatesham told about 200 staff at a meeting that the club is sticking with under-fire manager Unai Emery, Daily Mail reported.

“We are as disappointed as everyone else with both our results and performances at this stage of the season,” the Arsenal bosses told the staff.

“We share the frustration with our fans, Unai, players and all our staff as they …

Senator Abaribe Speaks On Ndigbo, Kanu, Biafra and Nigeria

Senator Abaribe Speaks On Ndigbo, Kanu, Biafra and Nigeria

October 12, 2019 3:19 am

Speech by; Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe in Mississipi, USA.

“What I will say here today may come as a surprise to many of you. For those that I will rub the wrong way, I apologize in advance. However, “Ndigbo si na owu onye nke mmadu na ghu ya ahu na agbata ukwu”. If I fail to say the truth about the existential challenges that we face today in our country Nigeria, and how we believe we should face them, then I would not be true to myself and to you who sent me to represent you in the red chamber.
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IBB speaks on his perception of Ndi Igbo

IBB speaks on his perception of Ndi Igbo

September 24, 2019 12:50 am

Former military leader, Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), on Saturday urged Igbo people to ensure that Nigerians continue to feel their positive impact.

He said this was due to their tenecity in business enterprises which spans the length and breath of the country and beyond.

Babangida made the remark in Minna, when the Igbo Delegates Assembly (IDA), from the 19 Northern states and Abuja, visited him for his recent 78th birthday.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the delegation was led by the IDA president, Chief Chikezie Okezie and the Eze Igbo of Minna, Eze Pampas Wahiwe.

“You …

Nigeria Customs speaks on applicants’ challenges on portal

April 23, 2019 8:25 pm

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has said that complains of applicants arising from recruitment portal have been resolved.

The NSC Public Relations Officer, Joseph Attah, disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday.

NAN reports that NCS opened its portal on Wednesday, April 17, for the recruitment of 3,200 officers and men to the service.

Attah said the complaints were mainly on non-capturing of some institutions attended by applicants in the portal system and that had been resolved.

“Some institutions were not earlier captured by the portal system, when our attention was drawn …

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