Year: 2020

Labour Party Chairman, Abdulsalam dies

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The National Chairman of the Labour Party, Alhaji Abdulkadir Abdulsalam, is dead.   He died in Abuja after early morning prayers, on Tuesday.   His death was confirmed by his closest friend and political associate, the former National Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council, Peter Ameh.   He said, “I’ve lost a friend of several decades. He was not sick; he even joined the early morning prayers this morning. This is a great loss, not only to opposition political parties but to Nigerian democracy as a whole. His progressive ideas…

Oyetola mourns passing of Owa of Igbajo, Oba Fashade …. condoles with Osun APC chair, Prince Famodun

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The State of Osun Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola has mourned the passing of Owa of Igbajo, Oba Olufemi Fashade, said that the traditional ruler would be remembered for his legacies. Similarly, the Governor condoled with the Osun Caretaker Committee Chairman of the All Progressives Congress and a Prince of Igbajo, Gboyega Famodun, over the death of the traditional ruler. Oyetola in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Ismail Omipidan, on Tuesday, commiserated with the immediate family of the monarch and the people of Igbajo town in Boluwaduro Local Government Area…

Varsity Don urges Niger Govt to convert GSS Wushishi to Model Science College

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It was a homecoming for alumni of Government Secondary School, Wushishi when they thronged Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi International Conference Centre, Minna for the 15th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Wushishi Old Students Association (WOSA). The occasion evoked mixed feelings for many of them who were meeting for the first time after many years. It was a feeling of sadness and joy. Joy for reuniting with friends and classmates, and sadness over the decay in the school. In his welcome remarks, the Chairman, Board of Trustees, Wushishi Old Students…

Gov Sani Belllo attributes unemployment rate to unskilled, half-baked Nigerian graduates

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Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State and Chairman North Central Governors Forum has attributed the astronomical rise in the number of unemployed, underemployed and unemployable graduates in Nigeria to the kind of unskilled and half-baked graduates churned out yearly by the nation’s tertiary institutions. The Governor made the assertion when he went on familiarization visit to Baze University Abuja, a private tertiary institution founded and established by Senator Baba Ahmed Datti. Governor Sani Bello noted that, because the country’s labour market was saturated with too many unemployed persons, it…

Senate President commiserates with victims of Potiskum fire incident

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President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has commiserated with victims of the fire incident that occurred on Monday in Potiskum, Yobe State. Lawan expressed sadness over the incident that left many shops razed and some people injured. The Senate President prayed for the quick recovery of the injured persons and called for public support for those whose means of livelihood have been wiped out by the fire disaster. Lawan also commiserated with the Government and the entire people of Yobe State over the incident and called on the state authorities…

Oyetola greets veteran broadcaster, Adetoyese Shittu-Alamu @ 70th birthday

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Governor Adegboyega Oyetola has felicitated veteran broadcaster and actor, Smolette Adetoyese Shittu-Alamu, popularly known as ‘The Alamu Man’, who turned 70 today. Oyetola in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Ismail Omipidan, said he was pleased to join family, friends and associates to congratulate him on hitting the milestone age of 70 in good health and sound mind. The governor described Alamu as a consummate professional and role model to many practising and aspiring journalists in the country, noted that he left indelible footprints in the annals of broadcasting…

Arewa group tackles Kukah, seeks immediate arrest

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The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has descended on Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Revd. Mathew Hassan Kukah over his Christmas massage which the group described as unguarded and open incitement to military coup and insurrection against the democratically elected government. In a statement signed by its National President, Alhaji Yerima Shettima in Abuja on Monday, the group condemned “Kukah’s use of nepotism as weapon of calumny against government and people of Nigeria.” The AYCF demanded the immediate arrest and prosecution of Bishop Kukah for what it described as treasonable felony…

NDDC Sole Administrator: Akpabio has committed no offence – South-South Forum

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A forum of professionals under the aegis of the South-South Emerging Leaders Forum (SELF) has absolved Minister of Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio of any wrong doing in the appointment of Mr. Effiong Akwa as the Sole Administrator of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The group maintainted that with Akwa’s appointment by President Muhammadu Buhari was also done in line with the Act setting up the Commission. In a statement made available to newsmen on Monday by its National Coordinator Barrister Preye Johnson, explained that the former governor of Akwa Ibom…

MURIC tackles Kukah over anti-Buhari statement, says it’s Tramadolised religiousity

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A Nigerian Islamic human rights organization, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has described the Rev. Fr.Hasan Kukah as a first class blackmailer. The Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Rev. Fr. Hasan Kukah, yesterday suggested that there would have been a coup had a Southerner occupied the Nigerian seat of power. He also referred to Islam as a violent religion. MURIC stated this a press statement issued on Monday, 28th December, 2020 by ,Director of the organization, Professor Ishaq Akintola. MURIC’s statement reads: “We are shocked to our marrows by the vitriolic…

Gov Sule refutes report on medical trip ,says I’m on vacation in US

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Nasarawa State Governor, Engr. Abdullahi Sule has denied allegations that he was currently on medical tourism to the United States, stressedvthat he was visiting the US to see his children while on his annual vacation. Engr. Sule made the clarification while appearing as a guest on Channels Television, monitored in Lafia, on Sunday. The Governor, who was visibly amused by claims that he abandoned hospitals in his state for medical tourism in the US, explained that he usually go on annual vacation in December and used the opportunity to spend…