2020 Has Not Been A Very Good Year for Me – Wole Soyinka

NewsNigeriaPeople2020 Has Not Been A Very Good Year for Me – Wole Soyinka

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 10, 2020

The Nobel Laurette, Prof Wole Soyinka, has described the year 2020 as the most challenging year due to vicissitudes of problems. He added that Nigerian situation was worse as a result of the imperial nature of its leadership at the socio-cultural and religious levels. The Professor of Literature spoke at the Booksellers in Ibadan, Oyo State Capital, which is also the venue of his new book, Chronicles of the Happiest People on Earth,’ a book...

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NCC Suspends SIM Sale, Registration for Database Audit

BusinessTelecommunicationNCC Suspends SIM Sale, Registration for Database Audit

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 9, 2020

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has directed Mobile Network Operators to immediately suspend the sales and registration of new SIM cards in the country to allow an audit of the Subscribers Registration Database. The NCC Director of Public Affair, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, made this known in a statement on Wednesday, saying that it was absolutely necessary for operators to comply pending the conclusion of the audit. In his words, the Minister of Communication and Digital...

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EducationLabourNewsNigeriaWe Have Kept Our Promises to ASUU – FG

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 9, 2020

The Federal Government has said that it has delivered on it promises made to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). This was in a reaction to the union’s claim that the government had failed to deliver on offers made to the union. The President of the union, Prof. biodun Ogunyemi made this claim last week. The academics blamed the FG for the union’s failure to call off the strike, adding that the lecturers would...

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ECOWAS Laments Inability to Access Climate Fund

EnvironmentNewsWest AfricaECOWAS Laments Inability to Access Climate Fund

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 9, 2020

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has lamented members’ inability to access fund to tackle climate change. The ECOWAS Commission said that the ratification of the Paris Climate Agreement by the Commission member states in 2015 signified an important turning point in combating the process of climate change. Speaking on Tuesday at the opening of a four-day training for national experts in the development of climate project to access the Green Climate Funds...

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FG Announces Reduction of Petrol Price to ₦162.44 Per Liter

BusinessNewsNigeriaOil & GasFG Announces Reduction of Petrol Price to ₦162.44 Per Liter

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 8, 2020

The Federal Government has announced a reduction in the pump price of premium motor spirit, also known as petrol, from ₦168 to ₦162.44 per liter with effect from December 14. This was disclosed by the Minister of Labor and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, after a meeting with labor leaders which began around 9pm on Monday and ended at 1:30am on Tuesday. The product is presently dispensed at ₦168, following the decision of the Petroleum Products...

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I Will Decline to Return as APC Chairman – Oshiomhole

NewsNigeriaPoliticsI Will Decline to Return as APC Chairman – Oshiomhole

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 8, 2020

The former National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has distanced himself from the fresh suit instituted by the former National Vice Chairman (South South), Hilliard Eta, who recently challenged the dissolution of the National Working Committee that was chaired by Oshiomhole. This was contained in a statement that the former Edo Governor signed on Monday. The statement is titled, ‘My Position Has Not Changed.’ The former chairman made it known that he...

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Ex-Ambassador, PDP Chieftain Throw Words Over Wike Performance

NewsNigeriaPoliticsEx-Ambassador, PDP Chieftain Throw Words Over Wike Performance

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 8, 2020

The former Nigeria’s Ambassador to the Netherlands, Orji Ngofa, and a chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Bello Waite, have thrown words over the performance of the Governor Nyesom Wike-led administration in Rivers State. Ngofa, who, alongside some member of the PDP recently defected to join All Progressives Congress (APC), said at a recent APC event in Port Harcourt that they left the PDP because of bad governance. Ngofa posited that Wike-led administration had...

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PDP Reps Want Buhari to be Impeached, Ask Nigerians to Compel National Assembly to Begin Process

NewsPDP Reps Want Buhari to be Impeached, Ask Nigerians to Compel National Assembly to Begin Process

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 7, 2020

The People’s Democratic Party caucus in the House of Representatives has urged Nigerians to compel their representatives in the National Assembly to immediately commence impeachment proceedings against President Muhammadu Buhari over what they termed “gross incompetence and persistent and continuous breach of Section 14(2) (b) of the 1999 Constitution.” The section of the constitution partly reads, “The security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of government; …” The PDP Reps also...

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Kalu Endorses Obiozor For President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo

Culture & TraditionNewsNigeriaPoliticsKalu Endorses Obiozor For President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 7, 2020

The Senate Chief Whip and former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, has endorsed a former Nigerian Ambassador to the United States, Prof George Obiozor, to be the next President-General of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo. The Senator representing Abia North, in a statement by one of his aides, Emeka Nwala, in Abuja on Sunday, called on Ime Obi Ohanaeze Ndigbo, which is the organization’s highest organ, to adopt Obiozor as his consensus candidate. Kalu added that...

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Strike Continues Until FG Pays Withheld Salaries – ASUU

EducationJobsNewsStrike Continues Until FG Pays Withheld Salaries – ASUU

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 7, 2020

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said that the strike will continue until the Federal Government paid all the salaries of its members it withheld. The ASUU President, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, said this on Sunday in a telephone conversation with journalists in Lagos. He said government should not expect the lecturers to resume without paying the withheld salaries. On November 27, there was a report that the union had agreed to end its...

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