Day: November 21, 2022

2023: Atiku vows to ensure economic stability for Nigeria, at his campaign in Gombe

Aminu Imam

Umar Kaltungo The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar (GCON), today in Gombe promised to ensure economic stability if elected the president in the forthcoming election. Addressing a mammoth crowd of cheering party chieftains and supporters who trooped out in Gombe Township Stadium, the former vice-president promised to work for the economic development and stability of the country. He assured the people of Gombe that his government will revive the dilapidated Daɗin-Kowa Dam and appealed to the indigenes of the state to give him the opportunity…

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Domestic Accident:
First Lady A’isha Buhari rushed to hospital

Aminu Imam

The First Lady, A’isha Buhari, has been rushed to an Abuja hospital (name withheld) after reportedly suffering a leg fracture at the weekend. Detail of the incident leading to the injury is still sketchy as sources simply said “she fell down and suffered leg fracture”. Prior to the incident, it was gathered the First Lady was billed to host a wedding reception in honour of the daughter of Nigerian Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, UAE, Mohammed Rimi, Bilkisu, on Sunday night at the Presidential Villa. According to sources, she…

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Inclusive education critical for national development, ABU alumnus tells FG

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
Minister of Education Adamu-Adamu

Kayode Ajiga, Chairman Steering Committee Accounting Class of ’97, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria says the mainstreaming of inclusive education in the nation’s educational system is critical to sustainable national development and social cohesion. Ajiga said this in Abuja at the 25 years anniversary and reunion of the Alumni Association. He said that inculcating inclusive education in the school curriculum would allow students with special needs to study with their peers in the same academic environment. “Education as we all know is the key to national development, hence the need…

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Ayu-Must-Go crisis: “We’re still open to reconciliation” – G5 Govs., others

Aminu Imam

…Forms Integrity Group Five governors, elected on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), and some aggrieved party leaders have stated that they are still open to reconciliation within the party. The G5 governors and some party leaders, who stated this in an issued communique after its strategic meeting in Lagos, also announced the formation of a group to be known as the ‘Integrity Group’. Recall that the presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar and Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has been at daggers-drawn over the calls for…

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Insecurity: FG goes after Boko Haram, Ansaru terrorists, IPOB financiers, assets

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government has commenced moves to confiscate the assets of identified terrorism financiers and their associates, in line with international counter-terrorism recommendations. It was gathered that security and intelligence agencies were scouting for the physical assets, including companies and bank accounts of individuals and groups indicted for terrorism in the country. Already, 18 persons, entities and companies have been added to the Nigeria Sanctions List under the supervision of the Nigeria Sanctions Committee, a multi-agency panel created by the Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act, 2022. The groups include the…

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2022 World Cup tournament finally kicks-off in Qatar

Aminu Imam

The long-awaited Qatar 2022 World Cup officially commenced yesterday, with a colourful opening ceremony and eye-catching folkloric shows, blends of music with magnificent lighting inside the Al-Bayt stadium. Veteran Hollywood actor, Morgan Freeman, who kicked-off the opening ceremony in front of the country’s royals,  narrated the event’s opening segment titled: ‘The Calling’, telling viewers ‘we all gather here in one big tribe’, as fans descended on Doha city centre for the opening game. Morgan Freeman spoke with Qatari entrepreneur, Ghanim al Muftah – a FIFA World Cup Ambassador who was born…

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Kaduna: Security operatives foil mass kidnap by terrorists 

Aminu Imam

Security operatives in Kaduna State have foiled attempts by terrorists to kidnap inhabitants of Giwa community, reportedly forcing the terrorists to flee with bullet wounds after a gun battle with troops. In an issued statement, the Kaduna Police Command said: “On November 17, 2022, acting on information that some armed bandits on motorcycles were sighted along Galadimawa-Tumburku Road, in Giwa local government area, the Commissioner of Police, Yekini Ayoku, immediately ordered the deployment of a combined Police detachment of ‘Operation Whirl Punch’, along with the special divisional team to clear…

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PDP Crisis: G-5 Govs. insist on shunning Atiku’s campaign

Aminu Imam

The five aggrieved Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors have reiterated their readiness for reconciliation with the party leadership over the lingering crisis rocking the party. The Governors, under the aegis of its newly-formed group, ‘The Integrity Group,’ maintained that they will not participate in the presidential campaign, unless their demands are met. They insisted on their demands, including the resignation of the incumbent National Chairman, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, and choice of his new helmsman from the South. According to a former governor, who is a member of the group, the…

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133 Poor Nigerians: SERAP asks Buhari to probe social intervention programmes

Aminu Imam

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP), has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “promptly set up a presidential panel of enquiry to thoroughly, impartially, effectively and transparently investigate spending on all social safety nets and poverty alleviation programmes and projects executed between 2015 and 2022”. SERAP also urged him “to ensure the findings of any such investigation are widely published, and suspected perpetrators of corruption and mismanagement of public funds meant to take care of the poor should face prosecution as appropriate, if there is sufficient evidence, and any stolen…

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“Nigeria has gone from failed State to global threat’ — Ex-Gov., Duke

Aminu Imam

Former Cross River State governor, Donald Duke, has described Nigeria as a country that has moved from being a failed state to a global threat. Duke, who was a keynote speaker at the Front Foot Media Initiative’s roundtable discussion held in Ikeja, Lagos State, at the week3nd, lamented that the Nigerian system had been completely corrupted and stressed that no political party could get the country out of its current state. The former governor also criticised the Nigerian media, which he said had lost its grip on holding the Government…

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