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Sen. Eyinnaya Abaribe. …Warns against imminent weakening of INEC, others, Says the dark hour will surely pass away By Henry Umoru SENATE Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Abia South has warned against imminent weakening of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC and some critical agencies of democracy. According to Senator Abaribe,…
President Muhammadu Buhari By Johnbosco Agbakwuru PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has said that he is morally bound to handover quietly to whoever will succeed him in 2023 when he must have completed his second tenure. President Buhari also said that he was a beneficiary of a free and fair election in the country and would bequeath…
Oniha Emma Ujah – Abuja Bureau Chief The nation’s public debt stood at N26.215 trillion as of the third quarter of 2019. The Director-General of the Debt Management Office (DMO), Ms. Patience Oniha, disclosed this at a press briefing in Abuja Friday. She said the figure was about 2. 0 percent higher than the N25.701…
Nigerian Flag …Laments rising cases of eye defects By Michael Eboh and Fortune Eromosele A medical foundation and eye hospital in Nigeria, the Tulsi Chanrai Foundation (TCF), yesterday, raised the alarm over the rising incidences of glaucoma and other eye diseases in the country, stating that Nigeria accounts for 50 per cent of Glaucoma cases…
Sharia law Prof. Abdulmumini Oba a lecturer at the University of Ilorin has called for the establishment of Sharia Courts of Appeal in the South West to cater to the Muslim faithful. Oba, who lectures at the Department of Jurisprudence and International Law of the university made the call in a paper presented at the…
Hope Uzodinma Following the return of Imo State to the All Progressives Congress, APC, a chieftain of the party and former senatorial candidate in the 2019 general elections in Imo State, Barrister Chyma Anthony, Friday, called on the Federal Government to consider making functional, the Sam Mbakwe International Airport, to boost commerce and industry in…
Pep Guardiola Pep Guardiola defended his Manchester City stars on Friday following reports they flew in 22 Italian Instagram models for their delayed Christmas party after last weekend’s 6-1 Premier League win at Aston Villa. The defending champions were not allowed to attend City’s own Christmas event as Guardiola was concerned there would be a…
Empowerment for Nigerian youths Irked by the neglect of traditional rulers in the country by government, a monarch, Chief Musbau Amole Jinadu, Baale of Agoro, Okobaba, Mainland Local Government Area of Lagos, has called for a change, maintaining that “governance originated from the royal institution.” Speaking at Ijoko Agba (seat of elders), election of the…
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru President Muhammadu Buhari ABUJA- PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has sent the name of Dr Kingsley Isitua Obiorah, the current Alternate Executive Director in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) In Washington DC, United States of America, to the Senate for confirmation as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. In a letter to…
An Ado Ekiti High Court on Thursday sentenced four men to seven years’ imprisonment each for stealing indomie, cigarettes and also for burglary. Justice Bamidele Omotosho handed down the judgment to Owoeye Ojo, Agbetuyi Taiwo, Adeniyi Busayo and Lasisi Friday for break–in and stealing from a shop. The judge said that he found them guilty…