Month: May 2022
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Why I Dumped APC For NNPP, Former Kano Governor, Shekarau
Former Governor of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau on Wednesday gave reasons why he dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the seeming third force party , the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP). Speaking at a press conference held at his residence in Kano, Shekarau stressed that he and his supporters exhausted every option to…
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Alleged N80 Billion Fraud: FG Suspends Accountant General of Federation
Federal government through the Ministry of Finance Budget and National Planning under the leadership of Mrs Zainab Ahmed has suspended the embattled Accountant General of the Federation Ahmed Idris. The suspension letter marked HMFBNP/AGF/SUSPENSION/5/2022 and dated 18th May, 2022 said the suspension became necessary “to allow for proper and unhindered investigation in to the serious…
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Why Court Rejects Nnamdi Kanu’s Bail Application
Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, refused to admit the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, to bail. Justice Binta Nyako, in a ruling, held that since Kanu was earlier granted bail in 2017 and jumped the bail, the court must first determine the real reason he jumped the bail before…
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2023: 13 Lawmakers Who May Not Return To 10th Assembly
The Nation Newspaper Going by the timetable released for next year’s general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), political parties have until June 3, 2022, to pick candidates for presidential and National Assembly elections. Many members of the House of Representatives that are contesting for other positions may not be returning to the…
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No Error In Scoring of UTME Candidates- JAMB
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has debunked reports of error in the scoring of candidates in the just concluded 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. The board warned the public especially candidates of the last UTME to be wary of the guile and other unsavoury activities of fraudsters who were making false claims…
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ASUU Strike: Ooni of Ife Drums Support For Protesting OAU Students
Highly respected traditional ruler, Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Ojaja II, has drummed support for the protesting students of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife. Great Ife Students, and other students in Nigeria’s public universities have resolved to remain on the streets to press home their demands for the reopening of their institutions following…
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EFCC Arrests, Detains Former Speaker of House of Representatives
Premium Times The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested and detained a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Patricia Etteh, PREMIUM TIMES can authoritatively report. Mrs Etteh, who was Speaker between June 6, 2007, and 30 October 30, 2007, was arrested in Abuja on Tuesday by operatives of the Special Duty Unit…
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ASUU Strike: Students Threaten To Stop Osun Guber Election
Punch Newspaper Students protesting the ongoing industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities in Ile-Ife, Osun State on Tuesday threatened to stop the July 16 governorship poll in the state if schools were not reopened. The students, who converged under aegis of the Great Ife Concerned Students in collaboration with the Fund Education…
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Humanitarian Affairs Minister, Sadiya Farouq Mourns Kano Explosion Casualties, Mobilizes For Evacuation of Trapped Victims
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq has expressed shock at the gas explosion which left many people dead at Aba Road in Sabon Gari area of Kano state. The National Emergency Management Agency under the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, announced that a building also collapsed as a result…
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NYSC Gets New DG, General Muhammed Fada
President Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the appointment of Brigadier-General Mohammed Fada as the new Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps. Fada, from Yobe State, will take over from Major General Shuaibu Ibrahim who spent two tenures.A source made this known to Punch correspondent on Tuesday. “The Federal Government has appointed a new Director-General for…