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31Aug

By Kosi UchennaNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Tinubu Visits Jonathan, Seeks Support

Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, visited former President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday in Abuja as part of the consultation for the 2023 elections. The APC presidential aspirant was accompanied by his running mate, Kashim Shettima; Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun; Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, Jigawa State Governor, Abubakar Badaru; Plateau State Governor and Director-General of Tinubu/Shettima Campaign Organisation, Simon Lalong; and Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq of Kwara State. “His visit to Jonathan shouldn’t come to anyone as a surprise. Tinubu holds no grudges with any political whether within the party or in the opposition,” a source in Tinubu’s camp told Punch. See Also: 2023 Election: I Will Only Support APC...

Bishop Kukah Speaks Truth To Power – Atiku

31Aug

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

News, Nigeria

Bishop Kukah Speaks Truth To Power – Atiku

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, has lauded the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Rev. Father Mathew Kukah, on the occasion of his 70th birthday on August 31. Atiku, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate disclosed this in a statement issued by spokesman, Paul Ibe. He described Bishop Kukah as a remarkable public intellectual, stressing that his contributions to the country’s democracy were immeasurable. He said, “Bishop Kukah is widely misunderstood because he speaks truth to power; a task that often attracts adversaries in our kind of society.” See Also: Campaign In Churches, Mosques, Risk Imprisonment – INEC According to Atiku, religious leaders are the moral compass and conscience of the people. “They have the obligation to t...

ASUU Strike: FG convenes Meeting Of Varsity Councils, VCs

31Aug

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

ASUU Strike: FG convenes Meeting Of Varsity Councils, VCs

The Federal Government has convened a meeting of pro-chancellors, vice-chancellors and chairmen of government councils of federal universities in Abuja on September 6 as part of an attempt to find a solution to the prolonged strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. The meeting was called on the instance of the National Universities Commission, NUC. The invitation letter which was signed by Chris Maiyaki, NUC’s Deputy Executive Secretary, Administration, stated that participants would review steps taken by the government to resolve the strike. This comes after ASUU declared an indefinite strike after repeatedly rolling over its strike. Recall that ASUU commenced strike on February 14, 2022, over disputes with the federal government bothering on the renegotiati...

30Aug

By Kosi UchennaNo Comments

News, Nigeria

Buhari Signs Bills On aviation, social workers, others

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed eight bills recently passed by the National Assembly into law. President Muhammadu Buhari has signed eight bills recently passed by the National Assembly into law. This was disclosed by Nasiru Baballe, Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters, in a statement released on Monday. The statement read, “His Excellency, the President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, assented to eight bills recently passed by the National Assembly as detailed below: “Civil Aviation Act, 2022: This Act repeals the Civil Aviation Act, No. 6, 2006, and enacts the Civil Aviation Act, 2022, to provide for an effective legal and institutional framework for the regulation of c...

30Aug

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News, Nigeria, Uncategorized

Why I Rejoined PDP – Shekarau

Senator Ibrahim Shekarau, former Governor of Kano State, has revealed why he rejoined the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. He said it was the fallout of the Shura Committee that his supporters formed. According to Shekarau, he is neither after office nor position, but striving to protect his integrity and free will as a citizen of the country. The former Governor while speaking at a rally held to welcome him to the PDP stated that he does not stay where fairness and justice are not obtained. He forfeited his candidacy as the Senatorial candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, saying he has moved to the PDP with his supporters. See Also: Why I Dumped APC For PDP – Saraki He said, “It is not office or position that we are interested in. It is our integrity, dig...

Appeal Court Rules on Delta PDP Gov Candidate

30Aug

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Judiciary, News, Nigeria

Appeal Court Rules on Delta PDP Gov Candidate

The Abuja court of appeal has upheld the nomination of Sherrif Oborevwori as the Delta State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The court overturned the judgement of a federal high court in Abuja that asked the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to recognize David Edevbie as the authentic candidate of the PDP for the guber poll. Recall that Oborevwori, speaker of the Delta house of assembly, had polled 590 votes to defeat his closes rival, Edevbie, the commissioner for finance during the James Ibori administration, who got 113 votes. Edevbie had rejected the outcome of the election and headed to the court to seek redress over alleged discrepancies in Oborevwori’s certificates. Delivering judgement, the court of appeal held that the a...

30Aug

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

ASUU Embarks On Indefinite Strike

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has declared a comprehensive and indefinite industrial action. The union’s National Executive Council had convened a meeting on Sunday to deliberate the government’s failure to meet their demands. In a communique issued at the end of the meeting titled, ‘ASUU strikes are to save public universities,’ and signed by ASUU National President, Prof, Emmanuel Osodeke, noted the disappointment of NEC at the insincerity of the government. It read, ‘‘In view of the foregoing, and following extensive deliberations on government’s response to the resolution of 14th February 2022, so far, NEC concluded that the demands of the union had not been satisfactorily addressed. Consequently, NEC resolved to transmute the roll-over strike to a compr...

Court Dismisses FG’s Request To Extradite Abba Kyari To US

29Aug

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Judiciary, News, Nigeria

Court Dismisses FG’s Request To Extradite Abba Kyari To US

An Abuja federal high court has dismissed a suit by the federal government asking to extradite suspended deputy commissioner of police, DCP, Abba Kyari, to the United States to face charges. The suspended DCP is wanted in the US over alleged conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering, and identity theft. Inyang Ekwo while delivering judgment on Monday adjudged the suit filed by the office of the attorney-general of the federation was competent and bereft of merit. According to Ekwo, the Extradition Act is against the surrender of a defendant who is presently being tried by a local court. See Also: Insecurity: Melaye Challenges Keyamo To Drive To Kaduna Without Security He held that Kyari was being tried by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for dru...

29Aug

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News, Nigeria, Uncategorized

Why I Dumped APC For PDP – Saraki

Bukola Saraki, former Senate President, has said that his decision to dump the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, was informed by the party’s failure to keep to promises made to Nigerians. He disclosed this when he welcomed several members of the APC who decamped to the PDP in Ilorin, Kwara State. The former Kwara governor alleged undue persecution by the ruling APC. He said, “I didn’t leave APC for fun. I did so because the party failed to fulfill its campaign promises to Nigerians. It failed woefully along this line. “Also, I was taken to all cadres of courts in Nigeria. Even as I didn’t study law, I was almost becoming a lawyer because of my familiarity with so many legal concepts. But in the end, I was vindicated.” See Also: PDP C...

I Prioritise Transparency, Social Justice, Osinbajo Says

29Aug

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Nigeria

I Prioritise Transparency, Social Justice, Osinbajo Says

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has stated that he places a high premium on the virtues of integrity, transparency and social justice. This was contained in a statement issued by Osinbajo’s media aide, Laolu Akande, on Sunday in Abuja. According to the statement, the vice-president interacted with a group of Harvard Business School students, numbering about a dozen, who paid him a visit at the Presidential Villa. The students, some of whom are Nigerians and are currently on an African excursion, asked questions bothering on leadership, faith, spirituality, government policies in education, health, and economy among others. He said, “Just looking at these values, there is a great deal of unanimity about what is the right thing to do. “The question is whether or not you will...