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Professor Olayemi Durotimi Accused Of Sexual Impropriety, Drunkenness

12Feb

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria, Youths

Professor Olayemi Durotimi Accused Of Sexual Impropriety, Drunkenness

The Vice-Chancellor of Federal University Lokoja (FUL), Professor Olayemi Akinwumi, is in the news again, not for anything different, but he has become associated with the same sordid acts. Information on the VC hobnobbing and allegedly having intimate relationships and carnal knowledge of female students of FUL within the confines of his favorite hotel located in Ganja have overshadowed discussion. Investigations revealed the Professor of History has a reputation for hosting nocturnal drunken parties, an extravaganza held with his gang of friends in which young female University students are delivered from the Institution he leads.One of the female students, an attendee, informed newsmen that she was invited by a friend for a night out at the NUJ hangout spot in the GRA area....

Supreme Court Declares Executive Order 10 Unconstitutional

11Feb

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Judiciary, Legislature, News, Nigeria

Supreme Court Declares Executive Order 10 Unconstitutional

The Supreme Court has declared as unlawful and unconstitutional the Executive Order 10 (EO10) issued by President Muhammadu Buhari on the funding of State Judiciary and Legislature. In a split decision on Friday, majority of the court’s seven-member panel agreed that the President exceeded his constitutional powers in issuing the EO10. Six out of the seven members of the panel proceeded to void and set aside the EO10. The majority decision also held that it was not the responsibility of the Federal Government to fund the capital and recurrent expenditures of the superior courts created for States under Section six of the Constitution. See Also: Buhari Won’t Sign Electoral Bill If Amended For Selfish Reasons – Malami All the seven members agreed that the States were...

Investments In Youths Will Guarantee Security – Osinbajo

11Feb

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Employment, News, Nigeria, Security, Youths

Investments In Youths Will Guarantee Security – Osinbajo

This was contained in a statement by his spokesman, Laolu Akande, titled, ‘Every Child Counts, We Must Invest in Our Children to Guarantee Security, Prosperity- Osinbajo’ on Thursday. Osinbajo spoke during the Stakeholders Summit of the At-Risk Children Programme, ARC-P, at the Statehouse Banquet Hall, Abuja. According to him, the only way to guarantee the long-term peace and prosperity of our communities is to invest in our children by providing opportunities for them to thrive and be productive within their chosen paths, thereby giving them hope for a better future. Osinbajo noted that the Federal Government has taken a multi-dimensional approach in addressing the challenges faced by the vulnerable in society, especially children and young people, nationwide, with vario...

APC Trying to Penetrate Our Party – Wike

10Feb

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Elections, News, Nigeria

APC Trying to Penetrate Our Party – Wike

Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, has accused the All Progressives Congressive (APC) of trying to “penetrate the leadership” of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Wike said this on Wednesday after a closed-door meeting with party stakeholders in Plateau state. The Rivers governor had earlier attended the court sitting for the trial of Jonah Jang, former governor of Plateau, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) alongside Yusuf Pam, former cashier in the office of the secretary to the state government (OSSG), for alleged misappropriation of public funds to the tune of N6.32 billion. After the court sitting, Wike held a meeting with Jang and Jeremiah Useni, a former governorship candidate of the PDP. According to a statement ...

Abia 2023: Ikpeazu’s Deputy CoS, Don Ubani Visits Alex Otti, In Secret Meeting

10Feb

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Elections, News, Nigeria

Abia 2023: Ikpeazu’s Deputy CoS, Don Ubani Visits Alex Otti, In Secret Meeting

The Deputy Chief of Staff to Abia State Government, Mr. Don Ubani, has secretly met a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Dr. Alex Otti, amid rumours of the latter's interest to contest the Abia 2023 Governorship election, we can authoritatively report. Ubani, who has been pushing for power to be retained in Old Aba zone, arrived Otti's residence at exactly 9:47pm Friday night in a Prado jeep dressed in white attire and immediately proceeded into a private discussion with his host. The visit comes days after the deputy governor's aide accused Governor Ikpeazu of scheming to trade the Old Aba interest for the party's senatorial ticket in 2023. Otti contested the 2015 Governorship election under the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) but lost to ...

Queues: FG Confirms Supply of Adulterated Fuel

9Feb

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News, Nigeria, Petroleum

Queues: FG Confirms Supply of Adulterated Fuel

The Federal Government through the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority on Tuesday said adulterated petrol, fuel with methanol quantities above Nigeria’s specification, was discovered in the supply chain. In a statement, it said the supplier had been identified and appropriate sanction would apply. It also said oil marketers had been directed to ensure a sufficient supply of quality petrol in all outlets in the country. Queues had surfaced at filling stations in parts of the country on Monday stretching into Tuesday in what appeared as growing scarcity for Premium Motor Spirit, a commodity that has achieved an indispensable status in the Nigerian economy, no thanks to epileptic power supply, the rising cost of gas, and dependent by vehicle owne...

IPOB Is Finished – Asari Dokubo Mocks Nnamdi Kanu

8Feb

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Biafra, News, Nigeria

IPOB Is Finished – Asari Dokubo Mocks Nnamdi Kanu

Former Niger Delta militant leader, Asari Dokubo, on Monday, claimed that the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is finished. Dokubo in a Facebook Live mocked the leader of the outlawed group, Nnamdi Kanu, for allegedly denying he is a member of IPOB and his members justifying it. He further stated that Kanu has denied the sit-at-home, but questioned who is responsible for the sit-at-home in the Southeast. According to Dokubo, the IPOB leader has shown himself that he is not in the struggle, as he set up a company with no director or head. This is coming after the lawmaker representing Abia-South Senatorial district, Enyinnaya Abaribe lamented on the effect of insecurity in the South East. See Also: Again, Ex-Niger Delta Militant Leader, Asari-Dokubo, Attacks Nnam...

Buhari Won’t Sign Electoral Bill If Amended For Selfish Reasons – Malami

8Feb

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Judiciary, Legislature, News, Nigeria

Buhari Won’t Sign Electoral Bill If Amended For Selfish Reasons – Malami

The Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has hinted that President Muhammadu Buhari may withhold assent from the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill if it is considered to have proposals based on personal interests. According to the minister, the bill, which the National Assembly transmitted to the Presidency the second time on Monday last week, just got to him on Monday for legal advice. Malami made this known while appearing on Politics Today, a current affairs programme on Channels Television which our correspondents monitored on Monday. Buhari had withheld assent to the first version of the bill last year after consulting the Malami and the Independent National Electoral Commission, among others, on the bill. When asked if h...

President Buhari Receives Briefing On Situation In Guinea-Bissau

7Feb

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Africa, News, Security

President Buhari Receives Briefing On Situation In Guinea-Bissau

President Muhammadu Buhari Sunday morning got a comprehensive briefing on the coup attempt to oust President Umaru Sissoco Embalo of Guinea-Bissau, but which was aborted by loyalist forces. On the sidelines of the African Union Summit of Heads of State and Government held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Nigerian President met with Senior Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guinea-Bissau, Suzi Barbosa, who gave a graphic presentation of the attempt to overthrow the constitutional order in her country. See Also: ECOWAS to Convene Emergency Meeting Over Mali Coup “They attempted to kill President Embalo. They destroyed the presidential palace with bazookas, killed 11 young people. It took about five hours to restore order. It was a nightmare ,” she said. President B...

Senegal DeclaresNational Holiday to Celebrate AFCON Victory

7Feb

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AFCON, Africa, News, Senegal, Sports, Uncategorized

Senegal DeclaresNational Holiday to Celebrate AFCON Victory

Senegal’s President Macky Sall declared Monday a public holiday to celebrate the national football team’s first-ever African Cup of Nations crown following their victory against Egypt, public television announced. Sall, who had been due to visit Comoros at the end of a trip that took in Egypt and Ethiopia, canceled the last leg in order to welcome the triumphant Lions on their return to Dakar at 1300 GMT Monday, RTS said. See Also: AFCON: Senegal Edge Equatorial Guinea, Clinch Semi-Finals Place Led by Liverpool star Sadio Mane, Senegal overcame Mohamed Salah’s Egypt 4-2 in a penalty shoot-out at Sunday’s final in Cameroon. The game had finished goalless after extra time. After two previous final defeats in 2002 and 2019, Senegal finally claimed their first Cup of Natio...