Day: August 24, 2022

Oil-Rich Angola Votes as Ruling Party Seeks to Extend 47-Yr Rule

Aoko Benjamin

Angolans are voting in an election in which President Joao Lourenco is seeking a second term and longtime opposition party UNITA is trying to unseat the ruling MPLA party which has held power for 47 years. Some voters lined up at dawn Wednesday, two hours before polling stations opened at 7 a.m. local time. Lourenco and opposition candidate Adalberto Costa Junior of the Union for the Total Independence of Angola, UNITA, cast their ballots in Luanda, the capital city on the Atlantic Ocean. About 14 million of the country’s more…

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Cyprus University Expels 91 Nigerian Students

Scott Matthew

fewer than 91 students from Zamfara state have been expelled by Cyprus International University over the failure of the Northwestern state government to pay the tuition and other fees. The students who are on state-sponsored scholarships in the university were evicted because Zamfara has not fulfilled the agreement for the scholarship signed some years ago.Nigeria Abroad reports that some of the students who spoke to BBC Hausa Service, on Monday, cried out that they are faced with hunger, starvation and threat of arrest, in addition to the fact that their…

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One Dies as Oro worshippers, Christians Clash in Lagos

Gbenga Adeoti

How the clash occured during Church vigil – Police One person has been killed during a clash between Oro worshippers and Christians in Lagos State. The christians were holding vigil while the Oro worshippers were on parade when the incident occurred. READ ALSO: Nigerian Lawyers Go Berserk Over Conference Bags, Destroy Booths BREAKING: Popular Nigerian Lawmaker Slumps, Dies In South Africa +PHOTO N10m or Jail Terms: INEC, EFCC Bicker On Electoral Offences Commission Bill FCCPC Director Dies in Office, Board Probes Death’s Mystery The spokesman of the Lagos State Police…

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Nigerian Lawyers Go Berserk Over Conference Bags, Destroy Booths

Tade Salako

Nigerian lawyers went on the rampage, destroying registration booths and conference bags at the Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association. According to reports, photographs and videos from the conference venue in Lagos State, this occurred on Tuesday night. READ ALSO Court Nullifies Ratification Of NBA Secretary’s suspension BREAKING: Popular Nigerian Lawmaker Slumps, Dies In South Africa +PHOTO FCCPC Director Dies in Office, Board Probes Death’s Mystery Before your Angry Spouse, Boss Strike, Kill, Anger Management Tips for You The lawyers, who were reported earlier to have been piqued…

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Court Nullifies Ratification Of NBA Secretary’s suspension

ADEOLA YUSUF

The ratification of suspension of Barrister Joyce Oduah as Secretary General of the Nigerian Bar Association has been nullified by a Federal High Court in Abuja. The ratification effected by the National Executive Council of the NBA was on Tuesday voided and set aside by the court on the ground that the action was an affront to the rule of law and violation of court’s proceedings in the matter. Justice Ahmed Ramat Mohammed, while ruling in an application filed and argued by Ayotunde Ogunleye on behalf of the plaintiff, held…

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Super Falconets Sleep On Floors, Chairs At Turkish Airport

Ganiyu Amodu

Nigeria’s Falconets have been traveling from Costa Rica since 6:30am on Monday Nigeria’s Super Falconets have been pictured sleeping on chairs and the floors of the airport in Istanbul, Turkey, on their way back home. The team was knocked out of the quarter finals of the 2022 Under-20 Women’s World Cup by Netherlands on Sunday. READ ALSO: BREAKING: Popular Nigerian Lawmaker Slumps, Dies In South Africa +PHOTO Falconets Crash Out of Women’s W’Cup After 0-2 Loss To Netherlands N10m or Jail Terms: INEC, EFCC Bicker On Electoral Offences Commission Bill…

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BREAKING: Popular Nigerian Lawmaker Slumps, Dies In South Africa +PHOTO

Precious Ibekwe

A popular lawnaker in Nigeria, honourable Nnamdi Okafor, has reportedly collapsed and died in South Africa. Platforms Africa gathered that Okafor who is the Majority Leader of the Anambra State House of Assembly and member representing Awka South Constituency 1, collapsed on Tuesday August 23 2022 in a hotel at Sandton City Johannesburg, South Africa and was confirmed dead hours later. READ ALSO: FCCPC Director Dies in Office, Board Probes Death’s Mystery Assistant Commissioner of Police Idowu Asufi Slumps, Dies in Office JUST IN: Popular Journalist Dies In Sleep Days…

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Reps Summon Finance, Power Ministers As $33m Azura Power Deal Gets Messier

Aliyu Aliyu

Why Nigeria Bulk Electricity Transmission (NBET), Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) and Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) were also summoned   The House of Representatives has invited the Ministers of Power and Finance and heads of Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC) over a 33 million dollars Azura power purchase agreement. Other agencies invited include: Nigeria Bulk Electricity Transmission (NBET), Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) and Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC).Rep. James Faleke, Chairman, House of Reps Committee on Finance, which is investigating alleged breach…

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N10m or Jail Terms: INEC, EFCC Bicker On Electoral Offences Commission Bill

Abibat Babalola

Why our position on the bill is the best, INEC’s Professor Yakubu. No, the EFCC’s view should be considered, Abdulrasheed Bawa. On the bill, here are what to know about the chairmen and their mien   Chairmen of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and his Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have expressed divergent views on a bill seeking to establish the electoral offences commission. While INEC emphasized the need for the establishment of the proposed commission, the EFCC kicked against it. READ ALSO: Atiku Camp Unsettled As Tinubu, Wike,…

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Nobel Laureate Soyinka To Teach Theatre in Abu Dhabi Varsity

Nurudeen Oyewole

Excitement In UAE as Nigeria’s Soyinka, who won the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature, is appointed Arts Professor of Theater at NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), effective September 1   “Remember Wole Soyinka? The beloved Nigerian playwright and Nobel Laureate? Well, he is now a member of the faculty at the NYU Abu Dhabi,” Gulf News announced as excitement permeated Abu Dhabi and the entire United Arab Emirates (UAE). Platforms Africa reports that the NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) appointed Soyinka, who won the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature, Arts Professor of…

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