Day: June 24, 2022

EXCLUSIVE: Buhari Removes Ag Accountant-General 28 Days After Appointment

ADEOLA YUSUF

. Why, how government downgraded, redeployed Anamekwe Nwabuoku to Federal Civil Service Commission As Director of Finance – Source  . We are shopping for new Accountant-General – Head of the Civil Service of the federation declares office vacant . The “government borrowing to pay salary” comment that landed Nwabuoku in trouble     The Nigerian government has invited eligible candidates to apply for the position of a substantive Accountant-General of the federation as the Acting Accountant General, Mr. Anamekwe Nwabuoku, has been removed. Platforms Africa gathered exclusively that Anamekwe Nwabuoku,…

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BREAKING: Machina, Not Lawan, Is Yobe North Senatorial Candidate – INEC

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Independent National Electoral Commission has confirmed Bashir Sheriff Machina as the candidate for Yobe Zone C Senatorial District for the All Progressives Congress (APC). Similarly, the commission has dissociated itself from the emergence of Senate President, Ahmed Lawan as the candidate. Reports had earlier indicated that the APC had replaced the name of Machina with Lawan at INEC. But a document by INEC dated Thursday stated, “The position of the Electoral Umpire was contained in a legally admissible Certified True Copy (CTC) of INEC report for the primary election…

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Appeal Court Affirms Ex Bank PHB Atuche’s Conviction Over N25.7bn Fraud

Abibat Babalola

Appellate Court speaks on report of Atuche’s 120 years jail term The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos Thursday affirmed the conviction of a former Managing Director of the defunct Bank PHB Plc, Francis Atuche, for N25.7biillion fraud. The court also affirmed the conviction of Atuche’s accomplice and co-convict, Ugo Anyanwu, who was the bank’s former Chief Financial Officer. The three-man panel of the court comprising Justices Sadiq Umar, Adebukola Banjoko and Kayode Bada, upheld in part, the June 16, 2021 judgment of Justice Lateefa Okunnu of the Lagos State…

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Unstoppable 82 Yr-Old Grandmother Makes History, Graduates From US Varsity

Abibat Babalola

“What I faced, why I decided to go to varsity at 77 years of age, and how I did it,” Mae Beale, a veteran licensed practical nurse, opens up   Mae Beale, an 82-year-old woman from Maryland, has finally achieved her dream of graduating college as she recently received her Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management from the University of Maryland Global Campus In the past years, Beale has been working as a licensed practical nurse at different health care and government agencies in Washington, DC. While working at the Department…

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First 5G In Nigeria’s History’ll Go Live By August; MTN, NCC Declare

Abibat Babalola

MTN Nigeria yesterday confirmed that it will roll out 5G network by August 24, 2022. The Operator disclosed this at the 90th edition of the telecom consumer parliament, organised by the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC in Ikeja, Lagos In May 2022 when the NCC handed over the final letters of award of 5G spectrum licences to winners of the December 3.5GHz spectrum auctions, it mandated them to roll out services in August 2022. Also, yesterday, while declaring open the consumer parliament, themed: 5G Technology: Opportunities and Challenges” the Executive Vice…

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The Fetish Lawyer’s Histrionic Against SCJ on Hijab, By Mumini Alao

Mumuni Alao

“Over time, I’ve been totally amazed at the depth of bigotry against the hijab from quarters that claim religious tolerance. I often wonder whether virulent opposition to the hijab is a requirement to enter paradise.”   After several years of persecution against the hijab which the Muslim Community *peacefully* fought against all the way to the Supreme Court and won a declarative judgement, an acclaimed human rights lawyer like him should be encouraging society to now allow the sleeping dog to lie, rather than aiming to reignite controversy. But, we’re…

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B’Haram: Over 10-Year Power Outage In Borno To End In 6 Weeks -Minister

ADEOLA YUSUF

    The Minister of Power, Engr. Abubakar Aliyu has stated that power supply will soon be restored to Maiduguri, Borno State, Northeast Nigeria. Platforms Africa reports that the state has, for over 10 years, been rocked by outage buoyed by attacks on power installations by Boho Haram terrorists. READ ALSO: I Am Angry With State of Nigeria’s Power Sector – Buhari Nigeria President Buhari Fires Power Minister, Mamman, over ‘inefficiency’ Multi-million dollars NNPC Maiduguri Power Project’s construction begins You’ll Enjoy Improved Power Supply From July 1, NERC Assures Nigerians Aliyu…

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Why I marked Father’s Day With Borehole Donation To Eripa – Lasisi Olagunju

ADEOLA YUSUF

“We’ll do more for that town” Nigeria’s newspapers top columnist Lasisi Olagunju in an emotional Father’s Day tributes for his dad, the man he described as his closest confidant who died 20 years ago   A top Nigerian newspaper’s columnist, Dr. Lasisi Olagunju, has marked the 20th year of his father’s death with the donation of a borehole to his home town, Eripa in Boluwaduro Local Government Area, Osun State, Southwest Nigeria. Olagunju, an Editor with Tribune newspaper, who, on his verified Facebook page, said that he and his siblings…

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Of Yaman’s Debt Gaffe and PDP’s Shock-Jocks, By Rafiu Ajakaye

Rafiu Ajakaye

Believing one’s own lie — a kind of cognitive bias — is about the worst singular thing to happen to anyone. Arrowheads of Kwara’s PDP actually believe their own lies, and that explains their wobbling messaging thus far. They believe the only reason Kwarans rejected them in 2019 was simply because some opposition radio firebrands had lied to the public. Nine in 10 PDP persons hold this view. Only a tiny but suppressed minority of them believe otherwise. For that reason, the party has lined up its talking heads to…

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