Nigeria Air Force Denies Paying N20m to Bandits to Avoid Shooting Down Buhari’s Plane

Crime & SecurityNigeria Air Force Denies Paying N20m to Bandits to Avoid Shooting Down Buhari’s Plane

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 18, 2021

ABUJA — The Nigerian Air Force has denied a report by the Wall Street Journal that it paid N20m as ransom to bandits in exchange for an anti-aircraft gun seized from the Nigerian Army. The Wall Street Journal said in a report on Sunday that the NAF brokered the deal as the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), was planning a trip to Katsina, his home state. The US media outlet said N20 million was...

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FIRS 2022 Budget: N2.8bn on Uniform, N550m on Meals, N200m on Sporting Activities, Others

EconomyTaxationFIRS 2022 Budget: N2.8bn on Uniform, N550m on Meals, N200m on Sporting Activities, Others

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 17, 2021

ABUAJ — The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has earmarked the sum of N2.8bn for “uniforms and clothing” for the year 2022. The tax body has also budgeted about N550m for refreshments and N200m for sporting activities. The FIRS, which is one of the highest revenue-generating government bodies, set aside N262.5m for security votes while N17.8bn would be spent on “miscellaneous” expenses. The details are included in the 2022 budget proposal the agency submitted separately...

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16-Year-Old Suffers Deep Machete Cut In His Arm Over Grazing Land Tussle In Kwara

Crime & SecurityHerdsmen16-Year-Old Suffers Deep Machete Cut In His Arm Over Grazing Land Tussle In Kwara

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 17, 2021

ILORIN —A 16-year-old boy identified as Abubakar Sulade has suffered a deep matchet cut in his arm over a quarrel on grazing land for animals between farmers and herdsmen in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State. The incident which occurred in Sulade village in the Council area on Friday saw members of two families of Fulani herders and Farmers in a face-off resulting in a matchet attack on a member of one of the...

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Pastor Bakare Advocates Competency Over Zoning

NewsNigeria ElectionsPastor Bakare Advocates Competency Over Zoning

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 16, 2021

ABUJA — The founder of Citadel Global Community Church, (formerly known as Latter Rain Assembly), Pastor Tunde Bakare, has said it does not matter where the next President comes from as long as the person can deliver good governance. This is as he voiced his support for the electronic transmission of election results in the country, going forward. This, according to him, will protect eligible voters from disenfranchisement. Bakare said this on Friday after a...

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Osinbajo Committee Recommends Drug, Psychiatric Test for Security Operatives, Compensation for EndSARS Victims, Others

Human Rights & FreedomNational SecurityOsinbajo Committee Recommends Drug, Psychiatric Test for Security Operatives, Compensation for EndSARS Victims, Others

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 16, 2021

ABUJA — The National Economic Council presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday called on the leadership of the security agencies to ensure that persons recruited into arms-bearing agencies undergo psychiatric evaluations and drug tests before and after enlistment. NEC said the evaluations would ensure that the personnel were psychologically fit to carry weapons and identify behavioural tendencies that might require psycho-social interventions. The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media...

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Osinbajo Campaign Posters Flood Ibadan

NewsNigeria ElectionsOsinbajo Campaign Posters Flood Ibadan

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 16, 2021

IBADAN — Campaign posters of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo have surfaced at some strategic areas of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The posters, which bear the portrait of the Vice President, have ‘Osinbajo for All 2023’ boldly written on them. Our correspondent observed that the posters were pasted at Dugbe, Mokola, and University of Ibadan/Bodija Junction and Iwo Road, among other areas in the ancient metropolis. The VP is being tipped to succeed the President,...

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UI Governing Council Announces Kayode Adebowale as New Vice Chancellor

EducationNewsNigeriaUI Governing Council Announces Kayode Adebowale as New Vice Chancellor

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 14, 2021

IBADAN — The Governing Council of the University of Ibadan has named Prof. Kayode Adebowale, the new substantive Vice-Chancellor of the 73-year-old university. Adebowale, a professor of Chemistry and the current Deputy Vice-Chancellor, administration, was announced on Thursday by the Governing Council. The Chairman, UI Governing Council, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, confirmed this to our correspondent on the telephone. He said, “Yes, Prof. Adebowale has been named UI VC.” Sixteen candidates had applied for the position...

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Nigeria is 97% Ready For 5G Deployment – NCC

TelecommunicationNigeria is 97% Ready For 5G Deployment – NCC

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 14, 2021

LAGOS — The Nigerian Communications Commission has reiterated its 97 per cent readiness for the implementation of the fifth generation technology in Nigeria. The Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, re-affirmed this at the annual African Tech Alliance Forum held in Lagos on Wednesday. This is according to a statement titled ‘NCC Upbeat on Plans for 5G Deployment’ signed by the NCC’s Deputy Manager of Public Affairs, Kunle Azeez. The statement read, “The...

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ASUU Asks NASS to Compel Public Officers to Enroll Their Children in Govt-Owned Schools

EducationPoliticsASUU Asks NASS to Compel Public Officers to Enroll Their Children in Govt-Owned Schools

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 14, 2021

ABUJA — The Academic Staff Union of Universities has asked the National Assembly to initiate a law that makes it mandatory for public officers to send their children to public schools in Nigeria. ASUU President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, said this at the reconvened meeting with the Federal Government, being conciliated by the Minister of Labour and Employment, in Abuja, on Thursday. Osodeke also commended the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige for “demonstrating...

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Anambra 2021: Supreme Court Affirms Soludo As APGA Governorship Candidate

Anambra ElectionsLaw & JusticeAnambra 2021: Supreme Court Affirms Soludo As APGA Governorship Candidate

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)October 14, 2021

ABUJA — There was jubilation on Thursday when the Supreme Court in Abuja cleared a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo as the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance in the Anambra State governorship election scheduled for November 6. The apex court also returned Chief Victor Oye as the National Chairman of APGA. The apex court in a judgment of a five-man panel of justices dismissed the...

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