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Insecurity Will End in 2022- President Buhari

25Sep

By Osaretin BalogbanNo Comments

News, Nigeria

Insecurity Will End in 2022- President Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has promised the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi that he will end insecurity in the country before the year ends. See Also: Tinubu Urges APC to Do More Ahead of 2023 Elections The president who was represented by the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, spoke at the 2022 Olojo Festival as it culminated on Saturday. The President said, “We must be vigilant, we must not leave the work of security for our security agencies alone, else, there will be problem. All of us must be concerned about security. The government will play its part, and I want to assure you that the little areas where we are encountering security challenges, we will overcome them before the end of 2022." “We must work together with security agencies to win the challenges of i...

Rita Dominic Debunks News of Her Giving Birth to Twins

22Sep

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Movies and Films

Rita Dominic Debunks News of Her Giving Birth to Twins

Famous Nollywood Star, Rita Dominic, has debunked news of her giving birth to a set of twins. See Also: Uche Jombo Says African Leaders Makes Her Sad News surfaced on Wednesday about the Nollywood actress and her husband, Fidelis, welcoming a set of twins in the United Kingdom. Nigerians began to congratulate her but the actress revealed the news was false. On her Twitter page, she uploaded a picture with the caption “Fake news.” Rita Dominic wedded her husband in April 2022 with Nollywood stars, Chidi Mokeme, Kate Henshaw, Joke Silva, and Ini Edo in attendance. Source: Daily Post

Atiku Urges INEC to Conduct Credible Elections in 2023

16Sep

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News, Nigeria, Uncategorized

Atiku Urges INEC to Conduct Credible Elections in 2023

The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct credible elections in 2023. While acknowledging the International Day for Democracy (IDD), Atiku Abubakar, in a statement by his Media Adviser, Paul Ibe, said INEC should ensure the outcome of the 2023 election reflects the desires of Nigerians. See Also: APC is a dead party – PDP Fires Back at Tinubu Atiku further stated that the upcoming election is a chance for INEC to prove it is not partial. The statement reads: “In 2023, Nigerians will be voting for the leadership that they truly believe will lead this country out of the current dire situation and it is important to use the opportunity of the celebration, this day...

CUPP Alleges Manipulation of Voters’ Register by INEC and APC

15Sep

By Osaretin BalogbanNo Comments

Breaking News, Nigeria

CUPP Alleges Manipulation of Voters’ Register by INEC and APC

The Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, has claimed to have intercepted documents that reveal the plans plotted by the members of the All Progressive Congress (APC) to rig the upcoming 2023 presidential election. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs9LaLFpaho CUPP spokesperson, Ikenga ugochinyere revealed at a press conference that a Bimodal Accreditation System (BVAS) machine had been compromised and used to register false voters that would be used to rig the election in favour of the APC. See Also: Supreme Court Declares Odii Ifeanyi as Ebonyi’s PDP Governorship Candidate Ikega noted that if the BVAS was not in their favour, a document CUPP discovered was filed at the Owerri Federal High Court on August 24 appealing for the potential sack of the INEC Chairman to scra...

2023 Election: INEC Uncovers Numerous Double Registrants from CVR

13Sep

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Elections, News, Nigeria

2023 Election: INEC Uncovers Numerous Double Registrants from CVR

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, revealed on Monday that it uncovered double registrants in the Continuous Voters Registration (CVR). The Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) kicked off nationwide in January 2022 and concluded on 31, July 2022. INEC Head of Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, said irregularities were discovered after the voters' register was cleaned up by the Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS). See Also: Campaign In Churches, Mosques, Risk Imprisonment – INEC “Several double, multiple, and ineligible registrants have also been detected and invalidated." “These include entries that failed to meet the Commission’s business rules because a credible register is at the heart of electoral integrity," He ...

President Buhari Mourns The Death of UK’s Queen Elizabeth II

9Sep

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News, Nigeria

President Buhari Mourns The Death of UK’s Queen Elizabeth II

President Muhammadu Buhari has joined other world leaders in mourning the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. He described the death of the Queen of England as a great loss to the United Kingdom and the entire Commonwealth nations. See Also: How I Solved Dispute With ASUU In One Night – Jonathan Sending his condolences and expressing sadness on the news of the death of the 96-year-old Queen, Buhari in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity said; “My family and I, and the more than 200 million Nigerians have learned with immense sadness of the passing of the Queen and the end of her unique and wonderful 70-year reign. Her late Majesty was the only British Sovereign known to 90 percent of our population." “Our thoughts and sincere condolences are with the ...

Without Subsidy Petrol Would Sell for N462/litre – NNPC

5Sep

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Economy, Nigeria

Without Subsidy Petrol Would Sell for N462/litre – NNPC

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited revealed yesterday that without subsidy petrol would sell for N462 per litre. NNPC said marketing and distribution of petrol cost around N46 per litre, it also revealed that the landing cost determined by the international market was $1,283 per metric tonne in the second quarter of this year. See Also: NNPC Fails To Account For 107 Million Barrels Of Crude, – Auditor General It said the addition of total costs will evaluate a pump price of N463 per litre in the general market based on an average subsidy of N297 per litre with a yearly evaluation of N6.5 trillion on the supposed 60 million litres/day of petrol supply. The petroleum company also noted that the daily fuel supply is around 68 million litres. The Group G...

Ice Prince Arrested for Abducting and Assaulting Police Officer

3Sep

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Music, Nigeria

Ice Prince Arrested for Abducting and Assaulting Police Officer

Nigerian rapper, Ice Prince Zamani has been arrested for allegedly abducting and assaulting a police officer. Police Command Spokesperson, Ben Hudeyin, revealed via his official Twitter handle on Friday that the rapper abducted the officer after he was pulled over for driving without license plates. See Also: Wizkid Gifts N20million to Upcoming Singer Candybleakz “At 3 am today, @Iceprincezamani was stopped for driving without license plates." “He agreed to be taken to the station. He, thereafter, abducted the police officer in his car, assaulted him, and threatened to throw him in the river." “He has been arrested and would be arraigned today,” Hundeyin wrote. The rapper stole the limelight after releasing his single “Oleku” and he later won the 2009 Hennessy Artist...

Qatar 2022: Bring Home World Cup, Eto’o Tells Indomitable Lions

1Sep

By Kosi UchennaNo Comments

Cameroon, News, Sports, World Cup

Qatar 2022: Bring Home World Cup, Eto’o Tells Indomitable Lions

Samuel Eto’o, the President of the Cameroon Football Federation, FECAFOOT, has tasked the Indomitable Lions to bring home the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The 2022 World Cup will be placed in Qatar from the 20th of November to the 18th of December, 2022. The Cameroon national football team has qualified for eight editions of the FIFA World Cup finals so far with their best outing being a quarter-finals place. Eto’o in a tweet on his Twitter handle urged the Indomitable Lions to make the country proud at the 2022 edition. See Also: 2022 U-20 WWC: Why Falconets Crashed Out Against Netherlands – Danjuma He tweeted, “During last week’s General Assembly, we came together to discuss the road ahead for Cameroonian football. We must seize every opportunity, nationally and international...

FG’s Inaction To End ASUU Strike Worrisome, Unacceptable – Peter Obi

1Sep

By Kosi UchennaNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

FG’s Inaction To End ASUU Strike Worrisome, Unacceptable – Peter Obi

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, has lamented the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. Obi described the ongoing strike as “unconscionable, worrisome and unacceptable” and regretted that the Federal Government has not done enough to resolve the contending issues with the university teachers. He disclosed this in a tweet on his verified Twitter handle yesterday. Obi tweeted, “Nigeria is vastly polarised and wrecked by deep divisions along religious, ethnic and regional lines. There is a staggering level of corruption. Our universities have remained closed for six months. See Also: I’m No Stranger To Nigerian Problems – Peter Obi “While our healthcare system remains almost moribund, power generation and distribu...