After Calling Journalist “Stupid” for Asking Question, Fani-Kayode Apologizes

NewsNigeriaAfter Calling Journalist “Stupid” for Asking Question, Fani-Kayode Apologizes

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 26, 2020

The former Nigeria Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has tendered apology for referring to a journalist, Eyo Charles, as “stupid”. Fani-Kayoye made the apology in a statement on Wednesday. In the statement, he said, “I met with my advisors till late last night and I wish to say the following. I hereby withdraw the word ‘stupid’ which I used in my encounter with a journalist in Calabar. I have many friends in the media...

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Buhari Appoints Channels TV Boss, John Momoh as UNILAG Governing Council Chairman

EducationNewsNigeriaBuhari Appoints Channels TV Boss, John Momoh as UNILAG Governing Council Chairman

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 25, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed the Chief Executive Officer of Channels Television, Mr. John Momoh, as the acting chairman of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) Governing Council. The is contained in a letter dated August 21, 2020, and signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education, Sonny Echono. The letter which is titled, ‘Emergency Meeting of the Governing Council of University of Lagos’ with reference number FME/PS/606/C.1/III/129, charged Momoh to convene an...

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JobsNewsPolitics774 Job: PDP Reps Threaten to Sue FG Over Allocation

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 25, 2020

The People’s Democratic Party Caucus in the House of Representatives has threatened to sue Federal Government over what it described as breached in relation to the FG’s Special Works Project designed to provide 774,000 jobs in the country. A few weeks ago, the caucus rejected the allocation of only 25 slots to members of the House of Representatives as against the 30 slots allocated to the upper chamber members. Also, 30 slots were allocated to...

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NDDC Probe: Niger Delta Militants Slam NASS, Backs Akpabio, Forensic Audit

NewsNigeriaNDDC Probe: Niger Delta Militants Slam NASS, Backs Akpabio, Forensic Audit

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 24, 2020

The Niger Delta Militants under the umbrella of Joint Revolutionary Council (JRC), a merger of the militant groups, on Monday slammed the National Assembly over its investigation on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and supporting the Minister of Niger-Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, saying that the lawmakers are after Akpabio because he stopped the lawmakers continuing plundering of the commission. The group in a statement by its spokesperson, Cynthia Whyte, said that the group with...

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Mali Coup: Military Wants Three-Year Rule, Promises to Free President

MilitaryNewsWest AfricaMali Coup: Military Wants Three-Year Rule, Promises to Free President

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 24, 2020

The junta that has overtaken power in Mali wants a military-led transitional body that will rule the country for three years and has agreed to release the detained President, a source in a visiting West African delegation and the rebel soldiers disclosed on Sunday. Last week’s coup was Mali’s second military intervention in eight years. The coup followed months of protests calling for President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to resign as the public is discontent with...

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Tension in Enugu State as IPOB and Police Clash

NewsNigeriaTension in Enugu State as IPOB and Police Clash

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 23, 2020

There was a noticeable tension in Enugu State on Sunday when policemen clashed with members of the Indigenous People of Biafra. It was also gathered that the clash had claimed the lives of two persons. The report has it that many members of the IPOB were also injured. According to an eyewitness, over 10 members of the IPOB were arrested. Efforts to reach the Enugu Police Public Relations Officer, Daniel Ndukwe, proved unsuccessful as of...

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CorruptionNewsNigeriaPoliticsPDP Faults Gbajabiamila Decision to Shut Down the Sitting of Investigative Committees

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 23, 2020

The People’s Democratic Party has faulted the decision of the All Progressives Congress (APC) leadership of the House of Representatives to shut down sittings of various investigative committees currently investigating the executive, adding that it is a deliberate design to cover the smell of corruption “oozing out of the APC administration.” The party then urged the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, to stop circumventing the statutory duties of the House and...

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Rape: El-Rufai’s Wife Takes Campaign To Ancestral Home of Legendary Queen Amina

Crime & SecurityNewsRape: El-Rufai’s Wife Takes Campaign To Ancestral Home of Legendary Queen Amina

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 22, 2020

The Kaduna State Governor’s wife, Hajia Ummi el-Rufai has taken her campaign against rape to Turunku, which is the ancestral home of the legendary Queen Amina in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna state. El-Rufai’s wife used the opportunity to address and educate children on the tricks to identify a potential rapist and how to raise alarm if any comes to them. The Governor’s wife appealed to traditional, religious and other community leaders to stop...

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BREAKING: Salami’s Panel Recommends The Sacking of Magu, The Suspended EFCC Boss Kicks

CorruptionLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaBREAKING: Salami’s Panel Recommends The Sacking of Magu, The Suspended EFCC Boss Kicks

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 22, 2020

The Justice Ayo Salami’s Judicial Commission of Inquiry (retd) set up by President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magi, had submitted an interim report to the President. The report was said to have recommended the sacking of the suspended EFCC Chairman. According to TheCable, the report also recommended that the President should appoint a new chairman for the anti-graft agency. ThePunch also revealed...

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APC Boasts That Bigwigs Who Have Left the Party Will Soon Return to the Party

NewsPoliticsAPC Boasts That Bigwigs Who Have Left the Party Will Soon Return to the Party

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 22, 2020

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday has boasted that its political bigwigs who have left the party would soon return, stating that its ongoing reconciliation efforts were heeding success. This was disclosed by Chairman of the party’s Caretaker/Extraordinary National Convention Planning Committee, and Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, while inaugurating a reconciliation committee for Ogun and Imo states. Recall that the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara had...

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