TIV/ Jukun Crisis: Tiv Withdraw from Governor’s Ishaku’s Commission of Inquiry

Law & JusticeNewsPeopleTIV/ Jukun Crisis: Tiv Withdraw from Governor’s Ishaku’s Commission of Inquiry

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)August 18, 2020

Counsel to the Tiv people in Taraba on Monday announced their withdrawal from participating in the panel of inquiry constituted by the Taraba State government into the crisis between Tiv and Jukun in some parts of the state. The lead Counsel to the Tiv interests in the state Barr. Sabastine Hon (SAN) who dropped the hint  in Jalingo said that they had no confidence in the Commission as, ‘’  it’s composition, title and everything is...

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Adamawa State Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board Mourns Late Juta

NewsNigeriaPeoplePoliticsAdamawa State Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board Mourns Late Juta

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)August 16, 2020

The Executive Secretary of Adamawa State Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board Rev. Zenald Zidon Love has expressed shock over the demise of late Ambassador Wilberforce Juta former governor of the defunct Gongola State. Juta until his death, is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Adamawa State Government House Chapel, Yola. The Executive Secretary in a condolence message said late Juta has died at a time his wealth of experience, wisdom and excellent leadership...

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Adamawa, Fintiri Mourns Former Gongola Governor, Juta

NewsNigeriaPeopleAdamawa, Fintiri Mourns Former Gongola Governor, Juta

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)August 16, 2020

Adamawa state Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has expressed shock and grief at the passage of former Governor of the defunct Gongola state and elder-statesman Ambassador Wilberforce Bafte Juta who died on Saturday, describing him as “an epitome of humaneness and service.” Fintiri described the loss of the People’s Democratic Party chieftain and former Nigeria’s Ambassador to Zimbabwe from 2000 to 2004 as a tremendous loss to PDP and the state. In a statement signed by...

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Peter Obi Explains Why He Cleared Inherited N35bn Unpaid Pension

NewsNigeriaPeoplePeter Obi Explains Why He Cleared Inherited N35bn Unpaid Pension

PilotnewsAugust 10, 2020

Mr. Peter Obi, a former governor of Anambra State and Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 elections, has revealed that he was moved to pay off the accumulated pension and gratuity debt totaling N35 billion, which his administration inherited from previous governments, because of the plight of the mostly elderly citizens who have been denied their earned benefits. The former governor who’s a business mogul and pundit made the revelation...

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Kashamu, Former Lawmaker Dies of COVID-19

NewsNigeriaPeopleKashamu, Former Lawmaker Dies of COVID-19

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)August 8, 2020

Senator Buruji Kashamu, former Ogun State lawmaker, has died. Kashamu represented Ogun-East Senatorial District between 2015 and 2019. He died at First Cardiology Consultants, Lagos, according to his friend in a tweet. The Hospital is the same facility where the former Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi; and President Muhammadu Buhari’s former Chief of Staff, Malam Abba Kyari, died. The report said Kashamu was having diabetes and high blood pressure, he was admitted at...

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Sanwo-Olu Asks to Meet Boy in Viral ‘Calm Down’ Video

NewsPeopleSanwo-Olu Asks to Meet Boy in Viral ‘Calm Down’ Video

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)July 29, 2020

…Tells Lagos residents to ‘calm down’. The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said he would like to meet a boy who was filmed telling his mother who was about to punish him for an offence to ‘calm down’. In the video which has been shared widely on social media platforms, the boy who tried to talk his mother out of beating him said “calm down and rest a little”. Pleading for pardon, he...

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Andrew Mlangeni, Mandela Ally and Anti-Apartheid Hero, Dies in South Africa

PeopleWorld NewsAndrew Mlangeni, Mandela Ally and Anti-Apartheid Hero, Dies in South Africa

PilotnewsJuly 29, 2020

Andrew Mlangeni’s death last week represents something of a passing of the guard for South Africa’s liberation struggle. Andrew was the last living defendant of the 1963 Rivonia trial, which resulted in the sentencing of Andrew and ten others, among them, Ahmed Kathrada, Walter Sisulu, Govan Mbeki and, most famously, Nelson Mandela. In a highly publicized trial, the defendants were found guilty of sedition and conspiracy. The Rivonia trial and the Sharpeville massacre, which occurred three years...

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SAD NEWS: Adamawa Mourns Top Navy Commodore Habeeb

NewsPeopleSAD NEWS: Adamawa Mourns Top Navy Commodore Habeeb

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)July 28, 2020

In an atmosphere of despair and agony people from all walks of life continued to troop into Mayo-Belwa town to mourn the demise of top military brass, Commodore Habib Usman, the Nigerian Navy’s Liaison Officer to the National Assembly passed away last week. The late Navy’s Liason Officer is the son of late Ardo Mayo-Belwa, Ardo Usman, and rose to the rank of Navy Commodore (Brig. Gen) before he passed on Sunday afternoon. In a...

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Achebe Disappointed Me With His Comment on My Nobel Prize – Soyinka

Arts & CultureNewsPeopleAchebe Disappointed Me With His Comment on My Nobel Prize – Soyinka

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)July 26, 2020

Africa’s first Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has expressed his disappointment over a comment made by the late renowned novelist, Prof. Chinua Achebe, soon after he (Soyinka) won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986. Soyinka disclosed this in a conversation with an American-based Nigerian novelist, Okay Ndibe, which was aired on Channels Television’s ‘Book Club’, Soyinka said that he considered the remark as uncalled for and disappointing. During the conversation with Soyinka, Ndibe recalls...

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Arthur Eze Replies Pius Anyim, Says Anyim Becomes Senate President by Irony of Fate

NewsPeopleArthur Eze Replies Pius Anyim, Says Anyim Becomes Senate President by Irony of Fate

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)July 25, 2020

Billionaire oil mogul, Prince Arthur Eze, has replied the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation and a former President of the Nigerian Senate, Chief Pius Anyim, who accuses him of being a contract chaser. Eze in an earlier interview accused Anyim of concentrating his attention only in his area when he was in public office, alleging that the only road Anyim built is the one that passed through his community. Replying Anyim on...

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