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Buhari Says He’s Orphan, Doesn’t Know His Father
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday in Damaturu, Yobe State, said he is an orphan and does not know his father, but was enlisted in the Nigerian Army because he went to school. President Buhari also urged eligible voters in the state and the northeastern part of the country to ensure that his party’s presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is elected...
Despite Failing To Provide Nnamdi Kanu’s Feeding, Medication, DSS Rejects N1m Donation For IPOB Leader — Lawyer
The Lead Counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Ifeanyi Ejiofor has disclosed that the Department of State Services, DSS, rejected the one million naira donated for the agitator’s medication and feeding. Ejiofor said Mike Ozekhome, leader of Kanu’s legal team, raised one million naira and gave the DSS to get Kanu’s medication but the...
Resident Doctors Threaten Nationwide Strike
The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has threatened to go on a nationwide strike if the federal government does not meet its demands. The association in a letter to the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire on Monday, and signed by its president, Dr Emeka Innocent Orji, said processes for the strike would commence if the issues are not addressed...
I’ve Fulfilled My Promises To Nigerians – President Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari says he has fulfilled his promises Nigerians on tackling Boko Haram insurgency, reviving the economy, and fighting corruption. According to his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the president said this during a banquet organised in his honour in Damaturu, Yobe State capital. The president paid a working visit to Yobe on Monday. READ ALSO: Tinubu Can’t...
FG Resumes Work On Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
The Federal Government on Tuesday appealed for further understanding and support of road users as work resumed on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway reconstruction/rehabilitation project. The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Mr Umar Bakare, made the appeal while monitoring resumed work and laying of crash barriers along construction zones between OPIC and Berger, on the Lagos- bound lane. Recall that work...
I Will Stand As Nnamdi Kanu’s Surety If Granted Bail – Senator Kalu
The Chief Whip of the Senate, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu says he will stand as surety for the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu if granted bail again. “I will stand surety for him (Kanu) if the Federal Government wants to release him to me,” Kalu said on Channels Television’s Political Paradigm programme aired on...
Nigeria Immigration Sets Up Task Force To Clear Over 100K Unclaimed Passports
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has stepped up strategic actions on the efficiency of passport administration with the deployment of Assistant Comptroller Generals (ACGs) to some zonal offices with a higher number of unclaimed passports with a view to ramping up the collection of over 100,000 produced but unclaimed passports nationwide. Comptroller General of Immigration, Isah Jere Idris, while announcing...
Four Months To End Of His Tenure, Buhari Says He Has Fulfilled His Promise To Nigerians
Barely four months to the end of his tenure, President Muhammadu Buhari says he has fulfilled his promises Nigerians on tackling Boko Haram insurgency, reviving the economy and fighting corruption. According to his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the president said this during a banquet organised in his honour in Damaturu, Yobe State capital. The president paid a...
Elections Will Hold, No Cause For Alarm — FG
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed on Tuesday said the 2023 elections will be held as planned. Mohammed said this in Abuja at the 17th edition of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) scorecard series from 2015-2023. The minister’s assurance came in the wake of killings allegedly perpetrated by the Eastern Security Network, the militant arm of the...
Immigration Sacks Four Personnel, Demote 14, Punishes 18 Over Corruption
As part of measures to enhance the ease of doing business and ensure optimal service delivery to Nigerians, the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS has penalized 36 of its personnel for corruption. Of the figure, four were dismissed while 14 were demoted for various offences for which they appeared before the Orderly Room Trial Committee of the Service. Service spokesman, DCI Tony...
