Day: January 7, 2024

Adamawa Celebrates Former SGFs, Boss Mustapha

Ganiyu Amodu

Adamawa indigenes have celebrated two of their illustrious sons, Engr Babachir Lawal and Barrister Boss Mustapha for their immense contributions to the development of Hong, Adamawa and the entire country. The duo, who had served as the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) under the former President, Muhammadu Buhari’s administration were described as men of impeccable character whose roles have engineered positive development in the entire nation. The Group Executive Director , Corporate Services ,NIPCO Plc & Walin Adamawa, Alhaji (Dr) Aminu Abdulkadir who chaired the special reception…

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BBC To Air TB Joshua’s Alleged Mega Sexual Crimes Documentary

Ganiyu Amodu

The British Broadcasting Corporation says it is set to publish a documentary on the late Founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Pastor Temitope Balogun Joshua. The investigative story, by a programme of the BBC: “Africa Eye,” will be aired in three parts from January 8, 2024. In the teaser made available on Sunday, about four women and a man were shown recounting their tales about what they allegedly went through under Joshua, who died June 5, 2021. His wife, Evelyn, has since taken over the leadership of the…

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‘Scandal’: Tinubu Orders Probe Of Betta Edu’s Ministry

Ganiyu Amodu

President Bola Tinubu has demanded a thorough probe of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation headed by Betta Edu. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, made this known in a statement on Sunday. “The government is determined to unravel the truth as it relates to this matter, and assures that appropriate action will be taken to ensure that any breaches and infractions are identified and decisively punished, in line with the Administration’s commitment to public accountability and due process.” The statement reads, “The Ministry of…

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Tinubu Approves N12bn Outstanding Payments For Super Eagles, Others

Ganiyu Amodu

President Bola Tinubu has approved the sum of N12 billion to clear outstanding payments the federal government owed the Super Eagles and Nigeria’s other national teams of various sports. The approval was announced in a statement on the X handle of the president’s media centre. According to the statement, the money is expected to “clear the senior national team coach salaries running up to 15 months, payments of allowances and promises due to the senior national teams, females, and U-20 national team”. “President @officialABAT has approved the payment of N12billon…

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Akwa Ibom’s N32 billion Yamoussoukro Basilica, By Festus Adedayo

ADEOLA YUSUF

One single thread links Umo Eno, self-styled pastor governor of Akwa Ibom State, his predecessor, Emmanuel Udom and Felix Houphouet-Boigny. It is the religious bigotry and senselessness behind the Akwa Ibom International Worship Centre and the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Yamoussoukro, Cote d’Ivoire. While Eno and Udom constructed a worship centre said to have gulped a frighteningly high N32 billion, Houphouet-Boigny also constructed a monumental architectural edifice in his Yamoussoukro village worth $300 million between 1985 and 1989. Yamoussoukro was regarded as a provincial town that boasted…

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South South Governors Embezzling 13% Oil Derivation Funds — Clark

Abibat Babalola

Foremost elder statesman from Nigeria’s South South, Pa Edwin Clark, has accused the region’s governors of corruption and embezzlement of 13 percent oil derivation funds allocated to their states. He made the allegation on a Channels Television programme: “Inside Sources,” which is anchored by Laolu Akande. The 96-year-old former Federal Commissioner of Communication under a military regime in the old Midwestern Region claimed that the governors have been misappropriating the oil derivation funds meant for the development of their respective states, describing the action as a deeply-rooted problem plaguing the…

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UNILAG Denies Having Fake Professors

Abibat Babalola

The University of Lagos has denied that five fake professors, among those purportedly discovered by the National Universities Commission, are from the university. This was contained in a statement by the university’s Head of the Communication Unit, Adejoke Alaga-Ibraheem. The statement, issued to newsmen on Saturday night, was in reacting to information in some sections of the media that the NUC had uncovered about 100 professors spread across some Nigerian universities, including the University of Lagos. READ ALSO: Lagos Police Arrest Three For Staging Street Carnival As Kids Return For…

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Lagos Police Arrest Three For Staging Street Carnival

Abibat Babalola

The Lagos State Police Command said its operatives have arrested three men for disturbing public peace in the Shasha, Akowonjo area of the state. The command disclosed this in a statement on Saturday via its official handle on X. The statement, which was issued by the state Public Police Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said the men, Julius Osimirin, 43, Isiaka Kabiru, 16, and Ajewole Ajugba, 42,  were arrested for disregarding existing laws regulating the use of speakers in public in the state. READ ALSO: As Kids Return For The New…

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As Kids Return For The New Academic Term, By Rasak Musbau

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Christmas and New Year celebrations are over and attention is now on children returning to school for the commencement of the second academic term on Monday, January 8 for day students and Sunday, January 7 2024 for boarders. As usual, this development, especially considering the closeness of the resumption date to the just concluded Yuletide season, is eliciting challenges and excitement among parents, guardians, teachers, and of course, pupils. For parents whose wards particularly attend private schools, the fear of school fees is always the beginning of wisdom. This…

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NewsDirect Organises Poetry Prize In Honour Of Late Publisher

Ganiyu Amodu

The Nigerian NewsDirect said it has organised a poetry prize in honour of its late Publisher, Dr. Samuel Ibiyemi. The move, the newspaper said, was due to Ibiyemi’s contribution to the Nigerian poetry community. Its Managing Director, Matthew Ibiyemi, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Friday that the move was part of promoting poetry in Nigeria. Zaynab Bobi and Emmanuel Mgbabor are the winners of the 2023 Folorunsho Editor’s Poetry Prize, while Prosper Ìféányí and Hassan Usman are named finalists. Ibiyemi said that N100,000 prize award was…

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