President Tinubu’s inaugural address at the United Nations General Assembly – Transcript

NewsNigeriaPoliticsWorld NewsPresident Tinubu’s inaugural address at the United Nations General Assembly – Transcript

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 20, 2023

STATEMENT DELIVERED BY HIS EXCELLENCY, BOLA AHMED TINUBU, GCFR, PRESIDENT, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AT THE GENERAL DEBATE OF THE 78TH SESSION OF UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 18TH SEPTEMBER 2023 Mr President, On behalf of the people of Nigeria, I congratulate you on your well-deserved election as President of this Session of the United Nations General Assembly. We commend your predecessor, His Excellency, Mr. Csaba Korosi for his able stewardship of the Assembly. We also...

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Sodomy: Pharmacist Sentenced To Life Imprisonment 

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaSodomy: Pharmacist Sentenced To Life Imprisonment 

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 20, 2023

The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, sitting in Kubwa, Abuja presided over by Hon. Justice Asmau Akanbi-Yusuf on Monday convicted and sentenced Dr. Abubakar Mustapha Danraka, Ph.D. to life imprisonment for Sodomy under Section 1 of the VAPP Act of 2015. A statement on Tuesday by the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) spokesman, Vincent Adekoye and made available to newsmen. The statement described the conviction as a historic and...

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Nigeria Need Additional 20,000 Schools, 907,769 Classrooms To Absorbs Out-of-School Children

EducationNewsNigeriaNigeria Need Additional 20,000 Schools, 907,769 Classrooms To Absorbs Out-of-School Children

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 20, 2023

In order to absorb all of out-of-school children in Nigeria, the country require an additional 20,000 schools and 907,769 classrooms. Ben Goong, Director, Press of the Federal Ministry of Education disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. He said the Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission UBEC, Hammed Boboyi, gave the statistics while briefing the Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman. According to the statement, the Executive Secretary identified Infrastructural gaps, and inadequate Manpower as...

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Protest rocks Nigerian universities as fee-hike wave hits hard

EducationNewsNigeriaPoliticsProtest rocks Nigerian universities as fee-hike wave hits hard

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 20, 2023

“There is victory for us. In the struggle for education, there is victory for us,” was the chant oozing from students of one of Nigeria’s high-profiled universities protesting a sudden hike in fees last week. The protest was one of the many that have been witnessed in many tertiary institutions in the West African country in the past week as a result of the arbitrary increase in administrative charges by school authorities. A tsunami of...

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Court grants Atiku’s request for the release of Tinubu’s academic records

NewsNigeriaPoliticsCourt grants Atiku’s request for the release of Tinubu’s academic records

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 20, 2023

Judge Jeffrey T. Gilbert of the U.S. District Court of Northern Illinois has ordered the Chicago State University (CSU) to release all relevant records pertaining to Nigerian president Bola Tinubu to Atiku Abubakar, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the last presidential election. The federal court in Chicago, on Tuesday, mandated CSU to provide “all relevant and non-privileged documents” to the former Vice-president in acknowledgment of Tinubu’s lawyers’ argument against breaching their...

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Africa Illustrious Award 2023 Edition to Honour African Change Makers

LifestyleNewsNigeriaAfrica Illustrious Award 2023 Edition to Honour African Change Makers

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)September 19, 2023

The 2023 edition of the Africa Illustrious Award, has been scheduled to be held on October 13th, 2023 at the Lagos Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos. In the previous editions of the Award, many prominent Africans including Prof. Patrick Lumumba have been recognised for extraordinary afrocentric ideas, that are shaping the continent for good. Also, former Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan was honoured in the earliest edition and the honour was graciously received by the former...

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Alleged plot to stop Tinubu’s probe of CBN exposed

BusinessNewsNigeriaAlleged plot to stop Tinubu’s probe of CBN exposed

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)September 19, 2023

…Former Acting Governor, Folashodun Shonubi, refused to vacate office despite President Tinubu’s appointment of a substantive governor to replace him. _____ Alleged plot by “influential individuals” in the business industry to prevail on President Bola Tinubu to stop the ongoing investigation of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been exposed. The Coalition for Transparency and Economic Reforms (COTER), which raised the alarm over what it described as the looming danger at the CBN said,...

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FCTA sets to develop innovative strategies to boost agricultural productivity

EconomyNewsNigeriaFCTA sets to develop innovative strategies to boost agricultural productivity

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)September 19, 2023

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) through its Agriculture and Rural Development Secretariat (ARDS) is set to develop innovative strategies to enhance agricultural efficiency and productivity in the nation’s capital. Mr. Lawal Geidam, the secretary of the secretariat, stated this in Abuja, after receiving briefs from different departments in the secretariat on their operations, achievements, and challenges. The secretary noted that the secretariat would also educate and equip residents, particularly the youth, with the necessary...

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Atiku seeks nullification of Tinubu’s tribunal victory in Supreme Court

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAtiku seeks nullification of Tinubu’s tribunal victory in Supreme Court

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)September 19, 2023

Former Vice President Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, and the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 25 presidential election, has sought the nullification of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) victory of Bola Tinubu, and lodged an appeal at the Supreme Court. In a Notice of Appeal predicated on 35 grounds, Atiku told the apex court that the tribunal in the judgment delivered by Justice Haruna Tsammani erred on the side of law and miscarriage...

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FG/NLC talks deadlock: Amadi tells NLC to stop strike and consider rallies, protests

NewsNigeriaPoliticsFG/NLC talks deadlock: Amadi tells NLC to stop strike and consider rallies, protests

By Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)September 19, 2023

…Urges opposition parties to support NLC With the deadlock of talks between Federal Government and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Dr. Sam Amadi, an analyst and a former chairman Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has told NLC, in the interest of the economy to foreclose mobilising for strike on Thursday, but rather consider other options like rallies, protests and discussions. Amadi, a lawyer also faulted the government which he described as not always ready to...

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