The Oba of Benin, Ewuare II has said that vice president Yemi Osinbajo and All Progressives Congress (APC) aspirant has intimidating credentials to contest the 2023 general election that other contestants would “probably be shivering” because of the credentials. The monarch spoke when he received Osinbajo in his palace in Benin on Thursday. “We don’t need to over-flog your credentials because they speak for themselves everywhere. I always admire your eloquence when you make your speeches and your responses. They reflect your great professorialism,” the Oba of Benin said. “Not just because you are a professor, I think it is…
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has threatened to embark on a three-day nationwide warning strike, in solidarity with affiliate unions in the universities and Nigerian students. The union’s threat is contained in a communique jointly signed by its President, Mr Ayuba Wabba, and its General Secretary, Mr Emmanuel Ugboaja, and issued to newsmen, on Thursday in Abuja. The communiqué was issued at the end of the Congress’ Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting. The NLC had on April 13, given the Federal Government 21 days within which to set up a High-Powered Panel to resolve the issues that were causing incessant…
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami says only the Court of Appeal can restore Section 84(12) into the Electoral Act, 2022. He told the Abuja Federal High Court Justice Inyang Ekwo in a counter affidavit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/247/2022, deposed to by Abimbola Akintola and filed on his behalf by his counsel, Oladipupo Okpeseyi. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had sued the President, the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Senate President, Speaker of the House of Representatives and Clerk of National Assembly. It also sued Senate Leader, House of Representatives Leader and the Independent National…
The the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) report on Thursday disclosed that four federal government agencies have generated a total of N28.02 trillion between 2017 and 2019 for Nigeria. The latest Fiscal Allocation and Statutory Disbursement (FASD) report published recently named the agencies as the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPC); Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS); Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) now Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) and Ministry of Mines and Steel Development (MMSD). The report stated that out of the amount, N22.68 trillion was remitted to the Federation Account. The NEITI FASD report revealed that FIRS…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant and Sokoto state governor, Aminu Tambuwal has said that while it is key to have a candidate that the party could work to sell together, that candidate is him. Speaking during his meeting with PDP former Ministers Forum in Abuja on Thursday, Tambuwal described himself as the perfect bridge between the old and younger generations of the country. According to him, he is neither too young nor too old to run for Nigeria’s presidency by 2023. “By the grace of God I am in the middle, not too old to run and not…
By Fadhlillah Abdallah The Kano State Agro-Pastoral Development Project (KSADP), has awarded N68,652,601.21 contract for the construction of a veterinary reference laboratory at Gwale Veterinary Clinic in the state. Veterinary reference laboratories are service facilities where several vital functions related to veterinary sciences, such as the diagnosis, determination of treatment options, prevention, and monitoring of animal diseases are undertaken. The laboratory plays key role in animal health protection by preventing and controlling livestock diseases. Vet reference laboratories have major implications on human health because of the animal to human transmission of diseases. Contract for the project was awarded to an…
By Samuel Owooso Nigeria Students have expressed displeasure on the lingering industrial strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and called on the federal government to meet the Union’s demands. ASUU’s warning strike which commenced on February 15, 2022, ended on March 14 and the Union’s National Executive Council (NEC) extended the strike action by two months, after the government failed to meet their pressing demand. Now, 72 days into the strike, students have expressed their displeasure over the federal government’s ineptitude and unwillingness to meet Union’s demand to enable students return to their schools. An anonymous…
By Samuel Owooso Veteran actor and producer, Yul Edochie, has welcomed a new baby with second wife, actress Judy Austin. The actor disclosed this on his verified Instagram Page on Wednesday where he shared the picture of the newborn Star Dike. Edochie wrote “It’s time for the world to meet my son. His name is Star Dike munachimso Yul Edochie. Born by my second wife @Judyaustin1. And I love him so much just as I love my other children. Yul’s first wife, May Edochie reacting to the post wrote, “may God punish you both.” However, the post of Edochie, who…
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Defence and Deputy Chairman, Senate Committee on Anti-Curruption, Sen. Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko has facilitated the release of 50 inmates from Sokoto Correctional Center. The inmates were released after the payment of fines and compensations by the Senator representing Sokoto North Senatorial District. This was in continuation of Wamakko’s annual gesture of extending succour to inmates during the last ten days of Ramadan. Speaking while releasing the inmates, the Welfare officer of the Sokoto Custodial Centre, ASP Ayyuba Alhassan commended Sen. Wamakko for sustaining the invaluable perennial gesture. According to him, out of the 50 freed…
By Fadhlillah Abdallah el-Kurebe The Niger state council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Niger State Council has expressed worry over how journalists face harsh economic conditions without societal empathy in the state. The Chairman, Abu Nmodu stated this when the council received members of the Forum of Retired Directors who paid condolence visit over the death of Africa Independent Television (AIT) correspondent, Mohammed Danladi Ibrahim at the IBB Pen House in Minna on Wednesday. According to Nmodu, “although journalists play great roles in solving the problem of the public in the process of social development, they are faced…