Category: News
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Tricycle Rider Who Returned Missing N15 Million Gets N1.5 Million Reward
Kano State House of Assembly has honoured Auwalu Salisu, a tricycle rider who returned missing ₦15m million to the owner, a Chadian man, who left it inside his Kekenspep,with N1.5 million. However, on Monday, at the plenary sitting, Auwalu Salisu received ₦1.5m million as gift from the members of the Kano. The Speaker of the…
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Agbakoba slams media, ‘armchair’ lawyers over debates on Tinubu’s CSU certificate
Former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), has said debates in the media over President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s alleged certificate forgery must stop. Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last elections, Atiku Abubakar, is contesting Tinubu’s victory at the February 25 poll at the Supreme Court. A…
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ASUU President Raises Alarm Over ‘Godfatherism’ in Varsity System
The National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, says the problem of godfatherism has entered the university system. Speaking in Abuja during an event to mark 60 years anniversary of Committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVCNU), on Monday, Osodeke said universities should be run like they were…
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FG To Engage 5 Million Youths in Restructured N-Power Program
The Federal Government has stated that the redesigned N-Power initiative would be designed to create jobs for at least five million youths in the country. According to Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, who was speaking on Sunday Politics on Channels Television, the N-Power initiative is a component of the safety net…
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Tinubu’s Certificate: Lawyers Speak On Admissibility of Fresh Evidence at Supreme Court
Nigerian Tribune As the former vice president of Nigeria and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, heads to the Supreme Court with what he has termed fresh evidence bordering on the legality or forgery of President Bola Tinubu”s Chicago University certificate, lawyers have stated that though the Supreme Court could admit…
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Just In: FG Suspends N-Power Program Indefinitely
The Federal Government has suspended N-Power program indefinitely. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, announced the indefinite suspension while speaking in an interview on TVC News on Saturday. According to Edu, the decision was birthed by some irregularities within the scheme. Meanwhile, the minister said the government has launched investigation into the…
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Tinubu: Ignorance of America that Atiku’s Lawyers and Supporters Betray by Farouq A. Kperogi
As I have stressed repeatedly, I have no partisan emotional investment in the political brawl between President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, or in who is and is not president of Nigeria. My only partisan affinity is with the truth or, to reecho iconic Washington Post reporter Carl Bernstein, the best…
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Mohbad: ‘Credible’ Evidence Links Naira Marley, Sam Larry With Cyberbullying, Assault – Police
Channels TV The Lagos police authorities say there are pieces of evidence linking Naira Marley and Sam Larry with cyberbullying, physical abuse, a threat to life, and assault against Afrobeats star Mohbad. Mohbad, also known as Ilerioluwa Aloba, died last month in questionable circumstances. While videos of the Afrobeats singer’s alleging bullying and assault resurfaced…
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Naira Appreciates Slightly in Parallel Market Against U.S Dollar
The naira yesterday appreciated to N997 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,000 per dollar on Wednesday. However, the naira depreciated in the Investors and Exporters, I&E, window yesterday to N775.2 per dollar. Data from FMDQ showed that the indicative exchange rate for the I&E window rose to N775.2 per dollar from N756.21 per…
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Verbatim: What Atiku said About Tinubu’s Certificate At Press Conference
On Thursday, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar broke his silence on the certificate of President Bola Tinubu. Atiku, who came second in the election, had challenged the victory of the president in court, but lost as the Presidential Tribunal, struck out his petition. The allegation of forgery was one of those dismissed by the presidential election…