Month: June 2022

Why I want to be president — Tinubu

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All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday said he wanted the party’s presidential ticket because he had what it takes to lead the nation to a brighter future.   Addressing delegates at the APC Presidential Convention in Abuja, he said the party must come out of the convention stronger and better, poised for victory.   Tinubu said he had the experience, having led Lagos to being the fifth largest economy in Africa today.   “I will use the experience and it will benefit all Nigerians,” Tinubu…

Chimaroke Nnamani: Lest we forget By Paul Mumeh

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Senator Chimaroke Ogbonnaya Nnamani was governor of Enugu state between 1999 and 2007. He is medical doctor; a feotal surgeon with sub-specialty in maternal and infant health.   As early as 1999, Senator Nnamani stamped his authority on the political landscape of the Coal City State as a man who came prepared with a blueprint for the job at hand. He first demonstrated his intellectual prowess when he coined the phrase “dividends of democracy”. That phrase resonated across the country. To him, provision of basic social amenities, infrastructure and human…

BREAKING: Tinubu emerges APC Presidential candidate

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has won the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primary election held on June 7June 8, 2022, at the Eagles Square in Abuja, emerging the party’s presidential flag bearer in the 2023 general election.   Tinubu defeated Former Minister for Transportation, and former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, and the President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan to emerge, scoring 1,271 votes to emerge as the winner.   Rotimi Amaechi was the first runner-up with…

OWO MASSACRE:MUSWEN commiserates with Ondo Govt, victims’ families …… calls on religious bodies to pray against insecurity

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A Muslim group,Muslim Ummah of South West Nigeria (MUSWEN) has called on all religious bodies to specifically pray for a formidable protection for Nigeria and her citizens against the crushing claws of Satanic forces.   The group made this call in a statement released and signed by its Media Consultant, Femi Abbas to commiserate with the government and people of Ondo State on the recent killing that occurred at St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, at a time when the Church was full to its brim for Sunday spiritual service.  …

Breaking: FCT High Court Judge detains six judiciary reporters

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Six Judiciary correspondents were on Tuesday, detained for over two hours on the order of Justice Chizoba Orji of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, sitting at Maitama.   Justice Orji, insisted that journalists must get permission before they could cover her court.   Consequently, she ordered her police orderly to seize a phone belonging to Ms. Wumi Obabori of the Africa Independent Television, AIT, and delete all the pictures and videos in it.   Other reporters the judge subsequently walked out of the courtroom, were Mr.…

Benue Speaker,Uba receives Certificate of Return, pledges to focus on agric, security if elected

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The National working committee of the Peoples Democratic party, PDP, Tuesday, 7th June, 2022 issued certificate of return to Rt Hon Titus Uba, winner of the party’s governorship primary election in Benue State.   The Presentation was made by the PDP National Chairman, Dr Iyorchia Ayu at the PDP National Secretariat, Wadata Plaza, Abuja.   In his address shortly before the presentation of certificates, Senator Ayu congratulated the governorship candidates of the party and charged them to embrace fellow aspirants as they campaign in their respective States.   He expressed…

Christian Group tasks FG on humanitarian crises in Benue

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A United States-based non-profit organization, Mission Africa International, has called on the Federal Government to do more in addressing the humanitarian needs of the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, in Benue State.   President of the organization, Pastor Oluwasayo Ajiboye made the call when he paid Governor Samuel Ortom a courtesy call at Government House, Makurdi after visiting some of the IDP Camps.   Pastor Ajiboye decried the extreme conditions in which the IDPs were living at the camps, especially children, with little or no assistance from the Federal Government, insisting…

TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT : Mikano donates 20 Traffic Shelters to Niger Govt

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A leading power generating company in Nigeria, Mikano International Limited,has donated Twenty units of Traffic Shelters Niger State Government to shelter Traffic Officers while on duty.   The gesture which was part of the social corporate responsibilities of Mikano International limited is aimed at supporting the Government’s effort in ensuring the safety and comfort of Traffic Officers in the State. Speaking shortly after receiving the donation at the Office of Secretary to the Government of Niger State, the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Ahmed Ibrahim Matane commended Mikano International…

NYSC seeks partnership with NHIA on free healthcare for Corps Members

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The National Youth Service Corps has appealed for a stronger synergy with the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) for the actualisation of free medicare for Corps Members under the NHIA programme.   NYSC Director General, Brigadier General Muhammad Kaku Fadah stated this during his advocacy visit to the Director General of the National Health Insurance Authority in Abuja.   Fadah, who thanked the agency for the enrolment of Corps Members into the former National Health Insurance Scheme, said there was the need for adequate medicare for every Corps Member.  …

OWO MASSACRE : NHRC Boss mourns victims,says attack senseless,inhuman ….. Warns against reprisal attack

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The Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission, Chief Tony Ojukwu SAN has described the attack at St. Francis Catholic Church Owo, Ondo state as wicked, barbaric and inhuman.   The Executive Secretary who was reacting to the unfortunate incident which claimed several lives, leaving others injured and hospitalized, has urged the Nigerian Police and other relevant Security Agencies to do their utmost best to arrest and prosecute the perpetrators of this dastardly act without further delay.   Meanwhile, the Learned Senior Advocate has also denounced the alleged reprisal…