APC Panel to Meet On Tuesday Over Convention

NigeriaPoliticsAPC Panel to Meet On Tuesday Over Convention

Beloved John (Staff Writer)January 15, 2022

ABUJA – The national caretaker committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) had scheduled a meeting for Tuesday. This committee is meeting to discuss the convention of the party. “Following Sunday’s scheduled meeting of the Progressives Governors’ Forum, the party’s caretaker committee will meet on Tuesday, 18th January 2022 on the convention,” the cable quoted a source to have said. Earlier, Simon Lalong, governor of Plateau state, had announced the convention date planned for February...

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OPINION: Why Buhari Lost And It May Never Be Regained By Anymore

ColumnsNigeriaOpinionOPINION: Why Buhari Lost And It May Never Be Regained By Anymore

PilotnewsJanuary 14, 2022

By Rudolf Okonkwo — Guest Columnist This week, I went back to watch an April 12, 2015, interview that I had with the then-President-elect Muhammadu Buhari. After watching the interview, I arrived at a clear conclusion: It was all Olusegun Obasanjo’s fault. Nigeria’s final chance to revive itself, to be a fair, decent, and just nation, came in 1999. Posterity called on Olusegun Obasanjo, who came out of prison with a new lease on life, to...

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Chief Judge Task Hong LGA Elites On Community Projects

NewsNigeriaChief Judge Task Hong LGA Elites On Community Projects

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 29, 2021

The Chief Judge of Adamawa State, Justice Nathan Musa has charged elites in Hong local government area to contribute their quota towards the development of various communities across the local government area. Justice Musa gave the charge Monday, while unveiling a ten-bed Maternity Clinic at Anguwan Hausawa Hong and three classroom blocks at Kwabaktina Primary School Hong personally built by the former member representing Hong constituency in the State House of Assembly, Hon. Hassan Mamman...

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2023 General Elections: Shift The Power To South -Governor Masari

NewsNigeriaPolitics2023 General Elections: Shift The Power To South -Governor Masari

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 29, 2021

Ahead of 2023 general elections in Nigeria, Katsina state governor, Aminu Bello Masari, has reiterated his position on power shift to the southern part of the country. Masari stated this on Tuesday while responding to questions from Journalists during a media parley held at his residence said it would help consolidate the nation’s confederation system. “Let me make my position very clear. This constitution is made for us, not us made for the constitution. Yes,...

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National Health Insurance Scheme To enroll 1,300 Beneficiaries In Zaria

National DevelopmentNewsNigeriaNational Health Insurance Scheme To enroll 1,300 Beneficiaries In Zaria

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 29, 2021

The Executive Secretary National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Prof. Nasir Mohammed Sambo said the scheme has commenced enrolment of 1,300 beneficiaries for its two-year free healthcare service in Zaria, Kaduna State. Sambo while flagging up the scheme tagged “2021 Constituency project in Zaria,” at the Emir’s Palace in Zaria that the targeted beneficiaries will be drawn from the vulnerable segment of the population who cannot afford to register in the scheme. “The federal government has...

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Children Below 18 Years Can Access JAMB Facilities Without Vaccination Card

NewsNigeriaChildren Below 18 Years Can Access JAMB Facilities Without Vaccination Card

PilotnewsDecember 29, 2021

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), the examination body, has clarified that those below the age of 18 years are not required to produce any vaccination card to access its facilities. JAMB spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, said the board’s policy of no vaccination card, no entry into any of its facilities nationwide as earlier announced, was being misconstrued. The clarification became necessary following reports that many underage candidates were making frantic efforts to get...

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Fire Outbreak In Enugu State Broadcasting Service 

NewsNigeriaRegionsFire Outbreak In Enugu State Broadcasting Service 

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)December 29, 2021

The Enugu State Broadcasting Service, ESBS, a state owned television and radio broadcasting company located at Independence layout, Enugu near Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC on Tuesday morning would have been razed down but for the timely intervention of the State fire service. The fire incident which started at about 6:30am affected an office but was stopped from spreading to other parts of the complex by experienced firefighters. Although the exact cause of the outbreak...

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Obasanjo Counters Clark in Open Letter, Says Oil Belongs to Nigeria, Not Niger Delta

NewsNigeriaPoliticsObasanjo Counters Clark in Open Letter, Says Oil Belongs to Nigeria, Not Niger Delta

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 28, 2021

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has clarified that oil found in the Niger Delta region belonged to Nigeria constitutionally. He said this while reacting to allegations raised by Niger Delta elder, Chief Edwin Clark, in an open letter written about a week ago. In a six-page letter, Obasanjo claimed that he was wrongly accused. The former president noted that his comments on the issue at a forum convened by the Global Peace Foundation and Vision Africa...

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FEMA Calls for the Review of Fire Service Act of 1963

National SecurityNewsNigeriaFEMA Calls for the Review of Fire Service Act of 1963

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 28, 2021

The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency has called for the review of the Fire Service Act of 1963, in order to empower the agency to meet up with contemporary realities. The Director-General of FEMA, Alhaji Abbas Idriss, made the call in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja. Idriss said that the act had become obsolete, thus limiting the powers of emergency agencies in the discharge of their duties. While stating that the law...

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Buhari to Sign 2022 Budget On Friday, December 31 – Presidency

NewsNigeriaBuhari to Sign 2022 Budget On Friday, December 31 – Presidency

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 28, 2021

The Presidency has confirmed that President Muhammadu Buhari will on Friday, December 31, sign the 2022 Appropriation Bill. This development was confirmed by the Senior Special Assistance to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu on Tuesday in Abuja. According to him, the 2022 budget has been transmitted by the National Assembly and the President will sign the bill into law by 10am. This comes barely a week after lawmakers in the House of...

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