We Should Have A Deep Sense of Shame for Having A Better Life Than Our Children – Pat Utomi

National DevelopmentNewsNigeriaWe Should Have A Deep Sense of Shame for Having A Better Life Than Our Children – Pat Utomi

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 14, 2020

ABEOKUTA — A popular Nigerian Professor of Political Economy, Pat Utomi, has said Nigerian leaders should be ashamed of the situation of the country. Utomi who is a management expert, said it is shameful that life in the past was far better than what the current generation of youths are inheriting from their parents this time. The Professor spoke at a symposium to herald the installation of a former member of the House of Representatives,...

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Protest in Katsina Over the Abduction of Schoolboys

Crime & SecurityEducationNewsNigeriaProtest in Katsina Over the Abduction of Schoolboys

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 14, 2020

There was a protest in Katsina State on Sunday over the abduction of many schoolboys from the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in the Kankara Local Government Area of the state. According to The Punch, the protesters demanded the prompt rescue of the students abducted by bandits on Friday night. The protest was led by a woman who was identified as one of the mothers of the abducted students. The protesters went round the school...

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Supreme Court Had No Wisdom, No Courage – Donald Trump

PoliticsUnited StatesWorld NewsSupreme Court Had No Wisdom, No Courage – Donald Trump

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 12, 2020

The United States Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a bid by Texas to overturn the results of the presidential election, which Republican Donald Trump lost to Democrat Joe Biden, in another setback for the President. Following the verdict, President Trump in a tweet, said the court had “Let us down” and alleged that it has “No Wisdom, No Courage!” The suit lodged late Thursday against four key states in the November 3 vote – Michigan,...

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Senators in Shock as Petroleum Ministry Spends ₦116m on Pens, Letterheads, Toner

CorruptionNewsNigeriaPoliticsSenators in Shock as Petroleum Ministry Spends ₦116m on Pens, Letterheads, Toner

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 12, 2020

Members of the Senate Public Accounts Committee have expressed shock when the report of the Auditor General for the Federation revealed on Thursday, that the officials of the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources spent ₦116m to buy biros, letterhead and toners in one year. The breakdown of the expenditure showed that the ministry spent ₦14.5m to buy Schneider biros, ₦46m in printing the ministry’s letterhead and ₦56m to procure toner for its photocopy machines. The...

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NewsBuhari Begins One Week “Private Visit” to His Hometown

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 12, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, left the House of Power for his hometown, Daura, in Katsina State. The President will be away from Aso Rock, Abuja, for one week, in what the Presidency described as a “private visit.” The President’s Senior Special Assistance on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, added that Buhari would undertake private engagements in his hometown, Daura. The media aide said this in a statement titled, “President Buhari in Daura on week-long...

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Reps Pass 2020 Finance Bill for Second Reading

EconomyNewsNigeriaPoliticsReps Pass 2020 Finance Bill for Second Reading

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 11, 2020

On Thursday, the House of Representatives passed the Finance Bill 2020 for second reading The bill is titled, ‘A Bill for an Act to Amend the Capital Gains Tax Act, Companies Income Tax Act, Personal Income Tax Act, Tertiary Education Trust Fund (Establishment) Act, Customs and Excise Tariff, Etc. (Consolidated) Act, Value Added Tax Act, Federal Inland Revenue Services (Establishment) Act, Nigerian Export Processing Zone Act, Oil and Gas Export Free Zone Act, Fiscal Responsibility...

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Ghana’s Election: Opposition Candidate Rejects Result

GhanaNewsPoliticsGhana’s Election: Opposition Candidate Rejects Result

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 11, 2020

The candidate of the opposition party in the just concluded Ghana election, John Mahama, on Thursday rejected as “fraudulent” the result of the presidential and parliamentary elections in which President Nana Akufo-Addo won a second term. Challenging the election result could test the stability of the country, where previous electoral grievances have been pursued through the court. A day before, the electoral commission said Akufo-Addo had won 51.59 percent of the vote on Monday, over...

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Army Cancel Ongoing Conference as Participant Died of COVID-19 Complications

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaArmy Cancel Ongoing Conference as Participant Died of COVID-19 Complications

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 11, 2020

The Nigerian Army has cancelled the ongoing activities of the Chief of Army Staff’s annual conference 2020 after a participant died on Tuesday in Abuja. The victim was reportedly died of COVID-19 complications. He was identified as Maj. John Irefin, the General Officer Commanding, 6 Division, Port-Harcourt, Rivers State. His death was confirmed to journalist by senior military officer, describing it as devastating. The acting Director of Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Sagir Musa, in...

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Buhari Should Not Embarrass Himself By Turning Down Invitation He had Accepted – Falana

NewsNigeriaPoliticsBuhari Should Not Embarrass Himself By Turning Down Invitation He had Accepted – Falana

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 10, 2020

Human Rights Lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari not to turn around in turning down the invitation to address the joint National Assembly on the state of insecurity in the country. Falana, on Wednesday, faulted the claim of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), that the National Assembly had no power to summon the President over the rising insecurity in the country....

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Nigeria to Get COVID-19 Vaccine By the End of January 2021 – Okonjo-Iweala

CoronavirusNewsNigeriaNigeria to Get COVID-19 Vaccine By the End of January 2021 – Okonjo-Iweala

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 10, 2020

Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said Nigeria and other African countries to access COVID-19 vaccines from the end of January through the first quarter of 2021. The statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday quoted the former Finance Minister as disclosing this after a closed-door meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, in Abuja. She was quoted as saying, “As long as one person has it in...

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