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President Buhari Salutes Health Workers as WHO Declares Nigeria Polio Free

26Aug

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Safety

President Buhari Salutes Health Workers as WHO Declares Nigeria Polio Free

President Muhammadu Buhari has lauded the effort of health workers who have tirelessly worked to ensure Nigeria gets rid of polio virus. He disclosed this on Tuesday after the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced that polio is no longer endemic in Nigeria, leaving the African continent polio free and bringing the world one step closer to achieving the goal of ending polio for good. WHO Director-General Dr. Margaret Chan in a statement said, “The outstanding commitment and efforts that got Nigeria off the endemic list must continue, to keep Africa polio-free.” In his reaction, BuhariI said, “recall that shortly after assuming office in May 2015, I made a pledge to Nigerians that I would not bequeath a polio-endemic country to my successor. Today’s certification of our Wild Pol...

Aisha Buhari Confirms Escaping Plane Crash

23Aug

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Aviation, Breaking News, News, Nigeria, Transportation

Aisha Buhari Confirms Escaping Plane Crash

Wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha Buhari has confirmed escaping a plane crash while returning from a medical trip abroad. The first lady disclosed the development in a post on her official Facebook page. Her statement confirms earlier reports of the first lady been involved in a plane scare, prompting her to confirm the incident while confirming she landed unscathed. Mrs Buhari said, “I want to use this opportunity to thank all Nigerians for their prayers and well wishes while I was away for medical treatment. I am well now and fully recovered and had since returned back home, Nigeria. “On our way back, the Nigerian Airforce Flight encountered a violent clear air turbulence which was navigated safely and professionally by the Captain and crew of the Flight. “I want ...

CAN Condemns CAMA as ‘ungodly’, Asks Buhari to Suspend it

20Aug

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Religion

CAN Condemns CAMA as ‘ungodly’, Asks Buhari to Suspend it

The Christian Association of Nigeria (Can0, has rejected the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) 2020, that was recently passed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari, saying sit will snuff life out of the church and rank the church as a secular institution under secular control. This comes after Bishop of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, David Oyedepo had earlier condemned the law, asking the Federal Government to review the part that empowers the minister to remove the board of trustees of churches without recourse to the court. CAN president, Pastor Adebayo Oladeji in a statement on Thursday said the law is an attempt at stifling the church. Oladeji said, “The law, to say the least, is unacceptable, ungodly, reprehensible and an ill-wind that blows no one any good. It is a ...

Anybody Insulting me is Wasting his Time, Bishop Oyedepo to Presidency

18Aug

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Religion

Anybody Insulting me is Wasting his Time, Bishop Oyedepo to Presidency

David Oyedepo, Bishop of the Living Faith Church Worldwide alias Winners’ Chapel has replied comments credited to President Muhammadu Buhari’s aide on social Media, Lauretta Onochie. In a sermon on Tuesday, Oyedepo said anybody insulting him is wasting time. His response comes after he was criticised by Onochie for opposing the Companies and Allied Matters Bill, 2020. The bill which President Buhari recently assented to after it was passed into law by the National Assembly empowers supervising minister the constitutional right to terminate the appointment of board of trustees of churches without seeking permission of the court. Buhari’s media aide, Onochie had earlier advised Oyedepo to be ready to manufacture his own country and live by his own laws if he was not satisfied with t...

Oshiomhole Meets Buhari at the Villa, Makes Requests Ahead of Edo Gubernatorial Poll

18Aug

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria, Safety, Security

Oshiomhole Meets Buhari at the Villa, Makes Requests Ahead of Edo Gubernatorial Poll

Former National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, sought audience with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Aso Villa where he requested for security to be beefed up in Edo State ahead of the September 19 gubernatorial poll in the state. His visit marked the first time Oshiomhole would meet with President Buhari at the Presidential Villa since his sacking by the Court of Appeal which sat in Abuja on June 16, prompting the dissolution of the APC National Working Committee (NWC), headed by him. Oshiomhole debunked speculations alleging that he was scheming to return as the national chairman of the APC and claimed that at 68, he has no intentions of returning to the position. He tagged those peddling rumours of his intentions to return as cowards who lack th...

El-Rufai Reiterates Support for Southern Presidency in 2023

17Aug

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

News, Nigeria

El-Rufai Reiterates Support for Southern Presidency in 2023

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has insisted on his support for rotation of presidency to the southern region in 2023. He disclosed this while speaking on Channel TV’s Sunday Politics, saying that based on arrangement, the presidency should be shifted to the South after President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure. EL-Rufai said such arrangement existed during the time of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), which prompted former President Olusegun Obasanjo of Southern extraction to hand over power to late Umaru Yar’Adua from the North. According to him, even though the constitution of the APC did not make any provision for zoning, it is ideal that power be rotated to the south in 2023. “After Buhari, what is honourable is for the northern politicians to put their support for sout...

President Buhari Confirms Appointment of Four Supreme Court Judges

14Aug

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Judiciary, News, Nigeria

President Buhari Confirms Appointment of Four Supreme Court Judges

President Muhammadu Buhari has confirmed the appointment of four new Supreme Court Judges. This was disclosed in a statement by Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Muhammad who named the judges as Hon. Justice Tijjani Abubakar (North-East Zone), Hon. Justice Mohammed L. Garba (North-West Zone), Hon. Justice Abdu Aboki (North-West Zone), Hon. Justice Mohammed M. Saulawa. All the judges appointed are from the Northern Nigeria. The president also approved the appointment of three heads of court, 11 judges for state high courts and four Kadis of Sharia Court of Appeal. Despite the decline in the number of Justices, Buhari had refused to send the names of four justices of the Court of Appeal comprising Justices Adamu Jauro, Emmanuel Agim, Sam Oseji, and Helen Ogunwumiju, to the Supreme ...

Enugu Airport Fence Vandalism: FG Vows to Bring Perpetrator to Book

14Aug

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Aviation, Crime, Justice, News, Nigeria, Transportation

Enugu Airport Fence Vandalism: FG Vows to Bring Perpetrator to Book

Says it will deploy all lawful means to protect national security asset Aviation Minister applauds Buhari, Ugwuanyi’s intervention The federal government, on Thursday, vowed to apply all lawful means to prosecute one Arch. John J. Emejulu, who was responsible for the destruction of the concrete perimeter fence, covering about 2km, being erected at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, as part of the ongoing rehabilitation of the airport. Speaking to newsmen after inspecting the site to ascertain the level of destruction, the Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, expressed deep sadness that the perpetrator could take such an unlawful act by destroying a “national security asset”, at a time the federal government was in the course of delivering the...

President Buhari’s Daughter, Hanan to Wed Inside Aso Villa

14Aug

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Lifestyle, News, Nigeria

President Buhari’s Daughter, Hanan to Wed Inside Aso Villa

Hanan, one of the daughters of President Muhammadu Buhari will organise her wedding ceremony inside the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Sahara Reporters published. The marriage is scheduled to take place on September 4, 2020. The wedding will mark the very first wedding to take place inside Aso Rock Villa, prompting the tag of the “The First wedding”. Hanan will be getting married to Mohammed Turad, the son of erstwhile legislator, Alhaji Mahmud Sani Sha’aban, who represented Zaria in the House of Representatives from 2003 to 2007. Sha’aban is equally contested for governorship position in Kaduna State under the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria. The opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) had earlier in June berated President Buhari for holding the National Executive Commi...

FEC Approves N8.49bn For Purchase of COVID-19 Testing Kits

12Aug

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Covid-19, Finance, News, Nigeria, Science

FEC Approves N8.49bn For Purchase of COVID-19 Testing Kits

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has today ratified the sum of N8.49bn for the procurement of 12 items for the testing of deadly COVID-19 by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). President Muhammadu Buhari gave the approval during a virtual council meeting on Wednesday. The minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire presented the memo on behalf of the centre at the Council chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja after which it was considered and approved.