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Don’t Restore Nnamdi Kanu’s Bail, FG Tells Court

January 26, 2020 1:35 pm

The Federal Government has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to reject a request by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, to restore his revoked bail.

On Friday we obtained the counter-affidavit filed before the court by the Federal Government to oppose an application filed in April last year by Kanu seeking the restoration of his bail.

The Federal Government’s objection to the application was filed by the prosecuting counsel, Mr Magaji Labaran, on January 17, 2020.

Kanu, before his disappearance from the country sometime in September 2017, was being prosecuted on charges bordering on …

Sack Burutai: CAN Chairman Tells Buhari

January 23, 2020 7:46 am

 

Chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria in Adamawa State, Stephen Mamza, has urged President Muhammad Buhari to sack all service chiefs.

 

Mamza on Wednesday in Yola, the state capital, alleged that the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Yusuf Buratai, and other service chiefs were only looting the country’s resources in the ongoing war against Boko Haram.

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He said, “It is no longer news that the top hierarchy of our military and other security agencies have become billionaires since this problem of Boko Haram insurgency started.…

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FFK Explodes As Miyetti Tells Buhari To Nab Yoruba Chiefs

January 18, 2020 10:44 am
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, has dared the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to arrest the Yoruba leaders promoting the establishment of the new security outfit, Amotekun in the South West.

Fani-Kayode said this while reacting to the call made by the National President General of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Abdullahi Bodejo to arrest the Yoruba leaders endorsing Amotekun.

NAN had reported that Bodejo said FG should not just stop at banning the outfit but should arrest those involved in making decisions for its creation with immediate effect.

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I Wish You Are Dead – BBNaija Mercy Tells Fans

January 14, 2020 10:33 am
Winner of BBNaija 2019, Mercy Eke has lashed out at those wishing her mother and sister dead.

Mercy in a video on her Instagram page described trending pictures of her mother and sister with Rest in Peace, RIP, caption as petty.

According to her, those responsible for the posts cannot stop her success as she will continue to win.

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She said this following reports of the fake death of her mother and sister.

In the video, Mercy said: “It is savage and petty putting my mother’s pictures online with Rest

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2023: Stop Distracting Buhari – Ude Tells Enugu APC

January 10, 2020 2:52 pm
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Enugu State, Comrade Adolphus Ude has urged the Ben-Nwoye-led leadership of the party in the State to stop distracting the President Muhammdu Buhari administration with the 2023 presidency contest.

NAN reports that Ude belongs to the Enugu APC leadership under Deacon Okey Ogbodo.

In a statement he made available to NAN in Abuja, Ude said it was too early for Nwoye and his team to be fanning embers of unity over the 2023 presidency.

This is following the Nwoye-led APC’s endorsement of the minister of science and technology, Chief Ogbonnaya

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Amotekun: FFK React, Tells N-Delta, Igbo Govs What To Do

January 10, 2020 5:52 am
Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister, on Friday applauded the establishment of Amotekun security outfit in the Southwest.

Fani-Kayode urged governors in the South-South and South-East to emulate such move in their respective regions.

In a tweet, the former Minister insisted that self-defense was a necessity in the face of biting insecurity challenges.

“The Amotekun security outfit & initiative is the best thing that has happened to the Southwest states in the last 4 years. I commend the Southwest Governors and all those involved in its formation and establishment. I urge the Governors of South-South and Southeast to do the

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‘Power Is Transient’ – Keyamo Tells Public Officers

January 10, 2020 1:06 am
Festus Keyamo, Minister of State for Labour and Employment has issues a message to public officers in Nigeria.

Keyamo warned public officers to make good use of their time in office, adding that power is transient

According to him, ‘no one can annex public office as a personal chattel’ , hence reason he stays back from the razzmatazz of public office.

The minister said this in a terse statement on his official Twitter page on Thursday morning.

The post read: “Public officers must always bear in mind the cliche that power is transient. They have limited time to make their

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State Of The Nation: Speak up, ACF Tells General Danjuma

December 29, 2019 11:22 am

Secretary-General, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Mr Anthony Sani, has tasked former Minister of Defence, General T.Y Danjuma (Rtd), to speak up if he is patriotic enough about issues bothering Nigeria.

General Danjuma had at a public lecture recently said that if he was to speak about the state of the nation, the people would no longer sleep.

In this exclusive interview, Sani said that it is better for the retired General to speak up than to keep entire Nigerians in suspense.

The ACF scribe also spoke on other national issues. Excerpts:

 

Some people have been accusing you of …

Senator Sabi Tells Buhari Govt What To Do Over US Sanction

December 22, 2019 1:44 pm
Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, has said the passage of the Hate Speech Bill under consideration by the National Assembly will address all issues of discrimination associated with religious and ethnic persecution in Nigeria.

Sabi Abdullahi stated this against the backdrop of impending sanctions faced by Nigeria following its inclusion on the ‘special watchlist’ of the United States Government over high cases of religious and ethnic persecution.

The United States Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, had announced Nigeria’s inclusion into the religion violations list.

Also, the 2018 report of the United States Commission for International

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Buhari Tells Police Officers How To Gain Trust Of Nigerians

December 19, 2019 1:46 pm

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday urged the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, to uphold the trust reposed on them by Nigerians by maintaining professionalism in their operations.

Buhari made the appeal during the commissioning of 628 Cadets of the Regular Course Two of the Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil in Kano and was contained in a statement signed and sent to NAN by his Media Aide, Femi Adesina.

The President, who was the Special Guest of Honour, also charged the police to be gallant and courageous in the fight against crime in the country.

Buhari reaffirmed that his administration would continue …

Your Appointment Merited, UBTH Chairman Tells UNIBEN VC

December 11, 2019 8:21 am

Chairman, University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) Management Board, Bashorun Adedoja Adewolu, yesterday, said the appointment of the new Vice Chancellor, Lilian Salami, is a clear attestation by the entire university community that she is the most preferred over others. 

He stated this when he led UBTH management team to visit the vice chancellor.

“Your appointment as vice chancellor, at this time in the history of the university, is not a fluke rather it is a clear attestation by the entire university community that you are the most preferred over others.

“Your ability and capacity to deliver on this …

“It Doesn’t Pay To Be A Slave,” FFK Tells Tinubu, Osinbajo

December 11, 2019 4:54 am

The former Minister of Aviation, Nigeria, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode on his verified Facebook page harps on the disadvantages of being a slave to the system, using Vice president Yemi Osinabajo and Bola Tinubu as main reference points.

“Two sons of the South West removed as heads of two powerful organisations in the finance sector, namely FIRS and AMCON, in the last 48 hours and both replaced by northerners.”

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“Bola Ahmed Tinubu and midget Vice President how market? It really doesn’t pay to be a slave. After a while they take …

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