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2023: Bola Tinubu Will Not Islamize Nigeria, Says Gov Masari
Katsina State governor, Alhaji Aminu Bello Masari, says the notion that the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, will Islamise Nigeria if elected president in 2023 is spurious and nonsensical. Masari spoke on Tuesday at a town hall meeting with a group of Northern Christians Political Forum when they received Tinubu’s wife, Senator Remi Tinubu, in Kaduna. Masari opined...
What Happened To Okupe Was Political Ambush – Kenneth Okonkwo
The Spokesperson for the Labour Party presidential campaign council, Kenneth Okonkwo, has described the two years jail term by a Federal High Court in Abuja, to Doyin Okupe, the embattled Director General of the campaign of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi as a political ambush. Okonkwo stated this while speaking in an interview with Arise Television on Wednesday. Recall...
FG Prohibits Polytechnics, Monotechnic Others From Awarding Degrees
The Federal Government has directed polytechnics, monotechnic and other allied institutions to stop awarding degrees. The National Board for Technical Education conveyed the government’s decision to heads of the affected institutions in a circular marked TEB/PRO/E/12/Vol.11/132 dated December 1, 2022. A copy of the document signed by the board’s Director, Polytechnic Programmes Department, Ogoh Ngbede, was obtained by PUNCH on Tuesday. Ngbede, in...
Yuletide: Zamfara NSCDC Deploys Over 600 Operatives
The Zamfara State command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has warned miscreants and criminals to keep away from the State during the yuletide. The State Commandant, Mr. Bello Mohammed Mua’zu stated this while addressing newsmen in the command’s headquarters in Gusau, the State capital, shortly after the deployment of the operation order for the yuletide season. The...
We Need 100,000 Vehicles, 4,200 Boats To Distribute Electoral Materials — INEC
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said the commission will need 100,000 vehicles and 4,200 boats to distribute election materials across the 176,846 polling units for the 2023 general election. The chairman said the boats would be accompanied by Navy gunboats to ensure safety of the materials and its personnel. Yakubu spoke at the signing...
Buhari’s Giant Achievements Can’t Be Downplayed, Lai Mohammed Slams Opposition
Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Tuesday, lashed out at the opposition in the country, claiming that they were trying to downplay the monumental strides recorded by the Muhammadu Buhari administration. Mohammed, who spoke at the presentation of the achievements recorded in the youth and sports sector of the economy since the administration came to power in 2015, described...
Abia Government Activates “No Work, No Pay” Policy On Workers
Rattled over high spate of strike action by the state’s workforce, Abia State government has said it has activated the "No Work, No Pay" policy on the workers, saying their penchant for embarking on strike is counterproductive. In a statement on Tuesday by the Secretary to the State Government, Barr. Chris Ezem, Abia State government particularly pointed out the ABSUTH...
Malami Dies In Cairo After Brief Illness
Alhaji Shehu Malami, former Nigerian High Commissioner to South Africa and a famous businessman who is the Yarima of Sokoto is dead. This online news understands that Malami, aged 85 died on Monday in Cairo, Egypt, where he lived. He was briefly ill A statement by the Sokoto State government late on Monday night confirmed the former Nigerian High Commissioner of...
2023 Election: Desist From Involving In Local Politics – NYSC Warns Corps Members
Mrs. Christy Uba, the Acting Director-General of, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has warned corps members to desist from participating in local politics. Uba gave the warning at the closing ceremony of the 2022 Batch ‘C’ Stream II Orientation Course at Damare Orientation Camp in Girei, Adamawa, on Tuesday. Represented by Mr. Jingi Denis, the state NYSC Coordinator, she advised them...
Mao Ohuabunwa Demonstrating Ignorance By Accusing Me Of Not Providing Security — Sen. Kalu [VIDEO]
Senator representing Abia North senatorial district, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu has again said he has no regret sitting the Lokpanta cattle market where it is located while he was governor. Some political actors, including a former Senator of the district, Sen. Mao Ohuabunwa have alleged that the cattle market breeds insecurity, accusing the incumbent Senator Kalu of not tackling the...
