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Nov

2023

Presidency Clarify On Signing Lesbianism, Gay Marriage And Others

Human Rights, International, Marriage And Love, News Flash

Presidency Speaks On Signing Lesbianism, Gay Marriage The Presidency has confirmed its absence at the signing of the ‘Samoa Agreement’, a partnership between the member countries of the organization of Africa, Caribbean (OACPS), the Pacific States and the Europen Union, amid a public outcry from civil society groups in Nigeria. The Samoa agreement is intended to serve as an overarching legal framework for the relationship between members of Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific States for the next twenty years and was slated to be signed on November 15. The agreement covers sustainable development and growth, human rights, peace and…

Nov

2023

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EFCC Releases Names Of Power-Drunk Nigerian Air Force Personnel Who Invaded Kaduna Office To Free Fraud Suspects

Crime, News Flash, Security

EFCC Releases Names Of Power-Drunk Nigerian Air Force Personnel Who Invaded Kaduna Office To Free Fraud Suspects According to a release by EFCC Head, Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, the “intruders are; four Air Force personnel: Lawal Abdullahi, Chukwuma Chidi Christian, Alfa Suleiman and Emmanuel Ekwozor, and two students of Nigerian Air Force Institute of Technology, AFIT: Chidera Anuba and Joseph Tokula.” The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday narrated how some personnel of the Nigerian Air Force invaded its Kaduna State zonal office to release some military personnel who were arrested for internet-related fraud. According to a…

Nov

2023

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President Tinubu Off To Attend G20 ‘Compact With Africa’ Conference In Berlin

FGN, International, News Flash

STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE PRESIDENT TINUBU SET TO ATTEND G20 'COMPACT WITH AFRICA' CONFERENCE IN BERLIN President Bola Tinubu will on Saturday, depart Abuja for Berlin, Germany, to attend the G20 Compact with Africa (CwA) Conference on November 20, 2023, hosted by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. During the conference, President Tinubu will join other Heads of State and Government of CwA member countries, bilateral partners, as well as Heads of International Organizations to deliberate on the immediate enhancement of economic and business cooperation with a view to outlining concrete measures to boost investments in critical areas such as energy, trade,…

Nov

2023

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President Tinubu Announces Cancellation Of 40% IGR Deduction From Universities

Abuja, Education, News Flash

President Tinubu Announces Cancellation Of 40% IGR Deduction From Universities President Bola Tinubu has announced the cancellation of the automatic deduction of 40 per cent from the Internally Generated Revenues (IGR) of federal universities. Tinubu made this known on Friday at an ongoing 75th Founder’s Day ceremony of the University of Ibadan (UI) in Ibadan. President Tinubu, who was represented by the Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, said the policy implementation is ill-timed, adding that universities are struggling. In his speech as a Visitor to the university, Tinubu pledged his commitment to the reform of the nation’s education sector as…

Nov

2023

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Abia Up-To-Date With Payment Of Security Agents In Operation Crush

Abia State, Good Governance, News Flash, Security

ABIA UP-TO-DATE WITH PAYMENT OF SECURITY AGENTS IN OPERATION CRUSH My attention has been drawn to a misleading report on the social media, alleging that the Abia State Government is owing soldiers attached to the multi-agency security task force, codenamed Operation Crush. The General public is advised to disregard this falsehood as the state government is up-to-date in meeting its obligations to the anti-crime task force, which has been instrumental in dealing with incidents of violent crimes and dislodging the kidnapping ring around the Umunneochi-Uturu-Okigwe axis, especially on the Enugu-Umuahia-Aba-Port Harcourt Expressway. It is worthy of note that the Government…

Nov

2023

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SSA To Tinubu On Students Engagement, Asefon Switches To Action, Harmonises NANS Ahead Of Convention

Education, News Flash, People & Events

SSA To Tinubu On Students Engagement, Asefon Switches To Action, Harmonizes NANS Ahead Of Convention As an experience and ideological comrade, Asefon Sunday has showed that he is capacitated enough to excel in his new office. Just days after his appointment as Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Students’ Engagement, Comrade Asefon Sunday has harmonized National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, ahead of her convention. In a press release sighted by our correspondent, Asefon held a strong stakeholders meeting with concerned individuals in the association, which include NANS President, Senate President, CPC Chairman, among others. Giving report, he said:…

Nov

2023

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Why Ex-CBN Governor, Emefiele Will Remain In Kuje Prison Till November 22

Crime, Economy, Judiciary, News Flash

Court Remands Ex-CBN Gov, Emefiele In Kuje Prison Justice Hamza Muazu of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, has ordered that the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN, Godwin Emefiele, be remanded in Kuje prison pending the determination of his request for bail. Emefiele will remain in prison until November 22, when the court will deliver a ruling on his bail motion. According to Dailypost report z His lead counsel, Mathew Burkaa SAN, moved the application for bail which Rotimi Oyedepo vehemently opposed on behalf of the Federal Government. After taking arguments for…

Nov

2023

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How Appeal Court Sacked Kano Governor, Declared APC Winner

Judiciary, News Flash, Politics

Appeal Court Sacks Kano Governor, Declares APC Winner The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has sacked Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State. The panel upheld the verdict of the tribunal led by Justice Oluyemi Akintan Osadebay which sacked Yusuf on September 20, 2023. The lower court had declared 165,663 votes of Yusuf, who contested under the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), invalid on the grounds that they were not signed or stamped by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The governor’s votes were then reduced to 853,939 while those of Nasir Ganuwa, his All Progressives Congress (APC) rival,…

Nov

2023

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Appeal Court Sacks LP Rep In Lagos, Declares APC Winner

Judiciary, National Assembly, News Flash, Politics

Appeal Court Sacks LP Rep In Lagos, Declares APC Winner The Appeal Court has sacked Labour Party, LP’s Olukayode Doherty and declared the All Progressives Congress, APC’s Rauf Age-Suleiman as the winner of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Amuwo-Odofin II Constituency election. According to Dailypost report, the court upheld an earlier ruling by the Election Petition Tribunal. The tribunal had ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to present Sulaiman with the certificate of return as the winner of the election. The court held that the Electoral Act 2022 does not allow a candidate to be declared winner if…

Nov

2023

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30-Year-Old Nigerian Student Bags 7 Years Imprisonment For Raping Woman Inside Toilet In UK

Crime, News Flash

30-Year-Old Nigerian Student Bags 7 Years Imprisonment For Raping Woman Inside Toilet In U.K. A 30-year-old Nigerian student, Onyedika Benedict Oriaku, has been reportedly sentenced to seven years in prison for raping a woman in the toilet of a nightclub in Swansea, United Kingdom. Oriaku, who lives in Victoria Terrace, Brynmill was said to have committed the hideous crime at the Fiction nightclub in Swansea city centre in March, 2023. Although, the convict claimed the s3x in the toilet cubicle was consensual and his victim had been the one who had initiated the contact, he was however found guilty of…