Reps Fault FG Suspension of School Resumption

CoronavirusEducationReps Fault FG Suspension of School Resumption

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)July 11, 2020

The Federal Government’s decision to suspend its plan of partial reopening of schools for persons in final classes to write their external examination has been faulted by the House of Representatives. The Committee on Basic Education and Services criticized the FG decision to disallowed the Nigerian pupils from writing the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination for the 2019/2020 academic session. The exam was usually conducted by the West African Examination Council. Schools in Nigeria...

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Ondo 2020: 11 Aspirants Reject Indirect Primary Adopted By APC

NewsPoliticsOndo 2020: 11 Aspirants Reject Indirect Primary Adopted By APC

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)July 11, 2020

Eleven of 12 aspirants of the All Progressive Congress in Ondo State have rejected the indirect mode of primary adopted by the Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker/Extraordinary National Convention Planning Committee of the APC in the state coming governorship election, scheduled for October 10. The incumbent Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, is the only aspirant who is favourably disposed to the indirect mode. Following the publication of the details of the mode of primary chosen by the APC...

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Corruption Allegation: Magu Request For Bail as Panel Questions EFCC Top Officials

Law & JusticeNewsCorruption Allegation: Magu Request For Bail as Panel Questions EFCC Top Officials

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)July 10, 2020

The embattling acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has requested bail from custody. The EFCC Boss, who is under investigation by a presidential panel, has spent his fourth day at the Force Criminal Investigation Department. He has been detained by the FCID since Monday when he appeared first before the panel. Magu is being probed by the presidential panel for allegations of misconduct leveled against him by the Attorney-General...

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Nigeria Students Can’t Participate in WAEC Next Month – FG

CoronavirusEducationNewsNigeria Students Can’t Participate in WAEC Next Month – FG

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)July 9, 2020

The Federal Government of Nigeria has said that Nigerian students will not participate in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination scheduled between August 4 and September 5. The Nigerian government said this as it put on hold its earlier decision to reopen federal schools. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu told State House Correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council Meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari The Minister of State for...

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BlackLivesMatter: Black Teenage Dies After Being Choked in US Juvenile Facility

Law & JusticeUnited StatesBlackLivesMatter: Black Teenage Dies After Being Choked in US Juvenile Facility

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)July 9, 2020

A black teen is seen losing consciousness in a viral video while being choked by staff members of a juvenile delinquency centre. The viral video sparked outrage in the United as protests against racism continue to spread across the United States. The teen, Cornelius Fredericks, 16, died May 1, two days after staff at Lakeside Academy pinned him to the ground. Such action is considered a residential treatment for young adults in Kalamazoo, Michigan, after...

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Edo 2020: Wike Fires Back at Ganduje, Says His Dollars Can’t Work in Edo

NewsPoliticsEdo 2020: Wike Fires Back at Ganduje, Says His Dollars Can’t Work in Edo

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)July 8, 2020

The Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party’s Governors Forum and the Party National Campaign Council for the Edo State Governorship Election, Governor Nyesom Wike, has fired back at his Kano State Counterpart, Abdullah Ganduje over his statement that Wike will be isolated as election approaches in Edo. Wike says Ganduje is the one that needs to be isolated, not him. Wike says this during the inauguration of the PDP campaign council in Abuja on Tuesday....

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Corruption Allegation: Magu Spends Second Night in Police Custody

Law & JusticeNewsCorruption Allegation: Magu Spends Second Night in Police Custody

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)July 8, 2020

It was gathered that at 8:30 p.m, the embattling Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has spent a second night in the Police custody. He was driven from the old Banquet Hall of the presidential Villa, venue of the panel’s sitting, back to the Force Criminal Investigation Bureau (FCIB), where he passed the night on Monday. A source disclosed that “Yes. Magu has returned to police custody. He left the venue...

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Magu Was Arrested Because He Was Not Responding to the Constituted Authority – Ex-DSS Director

NewsMagu Was Arrested Because He Was Not Responding to the Constituted Authority – Ex-DSS Director

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)July 7, 2020

A former Assistance Director with the Department of State Service, Dennis Amachree, has said the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu was arrested because he was not reporting to the constituted authority. Amachree disclosed this on Tuesday, on ChannelsTV’s Programme, ‘Sunrise Daily’. He added that the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) remained the supervising authority over the EFCC just as the Department of Justice oversees the activities of the Federal...

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EFCC Boss Appears Before Presidential Panel, Quizzes for Six Hours

Crime & SecurityNewsEFCC Boss Appears Before Presidential Panel, Quizzes for Six Hours

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)July 7, 2020

The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) boss, Ibrahim Magu, on Monday, appears before the Presidential Panel set up by President Muhammadu Buhari. The financial crime boss was quizzed by the panel for six hours. The interrogation took place at the old Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Magu was whisked to the venue by the armed operatives of the Department of State Services. The panel, which was inaugurated about six weeks ago, was...

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Buhari Approves ₦78.9bn Refund Because Governor Wike Spoke up – Rivers Commissioner

InfrastructureNewsBuhari Approves ₦78.9bn Refund Because Governor Wike Spoke up – Rivers Commissioner

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)July 6, 2020

The Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim, has responded to last Friday Article written by the President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, titled, “Wike Vindicates Buharists”. In his response, Nsirim said President Buhari approves the refund of ₦78.9bn to Rivers for the repair of federal roads because of Governor Nyesom Wike’s “courage to speak up when others are silent.” Wike who is a member of the People’s...

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