Month: August 2021
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Five Final Thoughts On Hushpuppi and Abba Kyari, by Farooq Kperogi
As with everything Nigerian, the Abba Kyari/Hushpuppi fraud case has taken on a predictably ethnoreligious hue. I’ve read some people claim that Kyari is being targeted by America because he is a Muslim. Ha! Well, Hushpuppi is also a Muslim. His full name is Ramon Olorunwa Abbas. Most Muslims will recognize Abbas as a Muslim…
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We Had Successful Meeting With ASUU, FG, Expresses Shock Over NARD Strike
The Federal Government has expressed shock over yesterday commencement of strike by members of National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, despite a successful meeting with its leaders last week to sort out their grievances. The government said it held a successful meeting with the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to iron…
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How Hushpuppi ‘Compensates’ Kyari With $20,600 To Detain Vincent, FBI Alleges
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has alleged that money laundering suspect, Ramon Abbas, also known as Hushpuppi, paid N8million, approximately $20,600, to the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, as a bribe for the arrest and detention of a “co-conspirator,” Chibuzo Kelly Vincent. This was revealed by FBI Special Agent, Andrew John Innocenti, in…
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Tokyo Olympics: Ese Brume Wins First Medal 🥉 For Nigeria 🇳🇬
Ese Brume on Tuesday morning won Nigeria’s first medal at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics, with a 6.97m leap in the women’s long jump event. The three-time African senior champion in the long Jump won bronze medal while current world champion, Malaika Mihambo from Germany claimed first position with a 7:00m leap and USA B.…
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15-year-old Boy Leads Police To Burst Suspected ESN Members ‘Planing Attacks’ In Imo Hotel
The Imo State Police Command on Monday, said a 15-year-old boy, Emmanuel Nnaji, a native of Awala in Ideato South Local Government Area of Imo State, was the one who led the police tactical team to a hotel in Orlu Local Government, from where attacks were planned and executed in Omuma, Oru East Local Government…
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DSS Produces 8 Igboho’s Aides in Court, as Judge Deferred Hearing
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, deferred the hearing of the fundamental rights enforcement suit, to be released from detention, filed by the 12 persons arrested at the residence of Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho. Justice Obiora Egwuatu adjourned the matter till Wednesday, August 4, to enable counsel…
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Tenure: Oloyede Hands Over To Jamb Director of Information
Following the ‘failure’ of President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to announce either his replacement or reappointment, the registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Is-haq Oloyede, has handed over the baton of leadership to the agency’s director of information technology services, Fabian Okoro. Mr Okoro, who joined JAMB in 1993 as a programmer and…
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Varsity Students Groan, as FG Sets To Meet ASUU
ByIdowu Isamotu Some students have taken a swipe at the federal government for allegedly taking the members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) for granted. The students, who spoke with Daily Trust, described as “worrisome”, the proposed fresh strike being planned by ASUU members to protest the government’s “unfulfilled promises”. The Minister of…
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Tokyo Olympics:OAU-trained Sprinter, Adegoke Crashes Out of 100m final
Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, trained sprinter, and also one of the shining stars of Nigeria in the ongoing Tokyo Olympics, Enoch Adegoke, has crashed out of the 100m men’s final as he pulled hamstring metres away from the finish line. Enoch was the first Nigerian sprinter to qualify for the 100m men’s final at the…
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IGP Orders Immediate Suspension of Kyari, as Arewa Youths Send Strong Message To US Court
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has recommended the immediate suspension of DCP Abba Kyari, the Head of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT), from the Service of the Nigeria Police Force, pending the outcome of an ongoing internal investigation touching on him. Meanwhile, the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, on Sunday, berated…