Kano Governorship Appeal: INEC retracts withdrawal notice

NewsNigeriaPoliticsKano Governorship Appeal: INEC retracts withdrawal notice

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)October 7, 2023

…Says It was misled by legal secretary The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is quoted as saying that it has retracted its steps on the withdrawal of its Appeal in the Kano State gubernatorial election petition judgment. Reports early Saturday suggested that INEC had withdrawn its initial letter signifying withdrawal from the appeal against the judgment of the tribunal. In a letter signed by the head of the commission’s legal department in Kano, Suleiman Alkali,...

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World Teachers Day: Gov. Abiodun recruits 3,000 teachers

EducationNewsNigeriaWorld Teachers Day: Gov. Abiodun recruits 3,000 teachers

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)October 7, 2023

…Awards prizes for exceptional performance In celebration of World Teachers’ Day, the Ogun State, Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has announced the immediate employment of 1,000 Ogun Teach Interns to address teacher shortages and improve the pupil-teacher ratio in public schools in celebration of World Teachers’ Day. 2,000 new OGUNTEACh applicants will join the previously engaged 2,000 interns. The Governor also recognized the exceptional contributions of teachers by awarding bungalows and cash prizes to...

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Atiku’s attorney reveals five disparities in Tinubu’s CSU records versus documents submitted to INEC

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAtiku’s attorney reveals five disparities in Tinubu’s CSU records versus documents submitted to INEC

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 7, 2023

The legal team of Atiku Abubakar has highlighted five issues with the academic records of President Bola Tinubu as released by the Chicago State University, CSU. Atiku, Nigeria’s former vice-president and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 general election, asked CSU to release the documents over suspicions that Tinubu forged the certificate he presented to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, that qualified him to run for the election. At...

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APC fires back at Atiku for holding press conference over Tinubu’s certificate saga

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAPC fires back at Atiku for holding press conference over Tinubu’s certificate saga

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 7, 2023

Nigeria’s ruling party All Progressives Congress, APC, has said Atiku Abubakar’s quest to challenge President Bola Tinubu’s election indicates his “deep animosity” towards Tinubu. The party said Atiku’s desperation to see Tinubu unseated is because of his unrealised dream of becoming the president of Nigeria. Read the party’s full press statement, signed by Felix Morka, national publicity secretary of the APC, titled “Yet Again, Atiku Abubakar Beats His Tattered Drum of Shame” below: The All...

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Federal Government Hands Over Fully Houses To 40 IDPs In Gusau

NewsNigeriaFederal Government Hands Over Fully Houses To 40 IDPs In Gusau

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 7, 2023

The Federal Government has provided a resettlement city for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital due to activities of terrorist bandits in the state. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu, on Friday while commissioning the resettlement city said beneficiaries of the 40 fully completed and functional houses will also enjoy the Federal Government’s monthly cash transfer to cushion the effects of fuel subsidy removal. A Government House...

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NHIA Chooses 7 States, FCT For The Production Of Medicines

HealthNewsNigeriaNHIA Chooses 7 States, FCT For The Production Of Medicines

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 6, 2023

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has chosen seven states: Delta, Enugu, Gombe, Jigawa, Niger, Osun, Sokoto and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for the production of medicines. Prof. Mohammed Sambo, Director-General of NHIA disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) with 12 pharmaceutical companies and eight Drugs Management Organizations (DMOs). He said the states would be pilot phase of...

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Communal Clash Claims Six Lives In Osun

NewsNigeriaCommunal Clash Claims Six Lives In Osun

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 6, 2023

The clashes between Ifon and Ilobu communities of Irepoodun Local Government Area of Osun State has resulted in the killing of no fewer than six persons have been reportedly killed in Osun State. The Spokesperson, Osun State Police Command, Yemisi Opalola, confirmed that the Divisional Police Officer DPO of Ilobu was among the four officers who were shot during the fighting. “They burnt a new Police patrol van yesterday. They alleged us of taking sides,”...

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Special Military Task Force Arrests Over 89 Criminals In Plateau

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaSpecial Military Task Force Arrests Over 89 Criminals In Plateau

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 6, 2023

Two notorious kidnappers and 89 other criminals have been arrested by operatives of the Special Military Task Force in Plateau and the neighboring Kaduna State. Captain Oya James, Media Officer of the Task Force in a statement said the arrest followed various operations embarked on by the troops for the past weeks. James further said the troops equally secured the conviction of four suspects within the period under review and freed several kidnap victims, and...

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UNICEF Provides Life-Saving Intervention To More Than 14,000 Children In Northeast

HealthNewsNigeriaUNICEF Provides Life-Saving Intervention To More Than 14,000 Children In Northeast

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 6, 2023

Over seven hundred thousand children are at risk of severe acute malnutrition in Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe states. Nura Shehu, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Nutrition Officer, Maiduguri Field office, said the agency is providing life-saving intervention to more than 14,000 children with moderate and severe acute malnutrition in Mafa Local government area of Borno State. UNICEF has recorded a decline in Global Acute Malnutrition (GAM) rates in Mafa, with cases decreasing from 14.3 to...

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Transcript of Atiku Abubakar’s press conference address

NewsNigeriaPoliticsTranscript of Atiku Abubakar’s press conference address

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 5, 2023

Former vice-president Atiku Abubakar hosted a press conference on Thursday, Oct. 5, amid the fierce legal battle between him and President Bola Tinubu over the latter’s certificate scandal. The Chicago State University, CSU, has since released Tinubu’s academic records to Atiku’s lawyers. Atiku hopes to use the documents in his appeal against the affirmation of Tinubu’s election by the presidential election tribunal. Below is the full text of the Peoples Democratic Party candidate’s address. Gentlemen...

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