Federal Government Probes N-Power Programme, Suspends Its Operation Indefinitely

NewsNigeriaPoliticsFederal Government Probes N-Power Programme, Suspends Its Operation Indefinitely

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 7, 2023

The N-Power Programme launched by former President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to address youth unemployment and help increase social development has been suspended indefinitely by the Federal Government. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu who disclosed this while featuring on a TVC news programme on Saturday said the decision was due to some irregularities within the scheme. The minister revealed that an investigation has been launched into the utilization of funds since...

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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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This Demi-God Called Donald J. Trump  

ColumnsDon OkoloOpinionThis Demi-God Called Donald J. Trump  

PilotnewsOctober 7, 2023

“Only Donald J. Trump knows monetization like no one else…” _________________________ Before you hunt me down on this my weird claim, that the man, Donald J. Trump, is, no matter how you slice and dice this soggy dough on a cold, plastic platter…a demi-god, please hear me out. If you don’t know this, know it now; the man is laced with that unique, repulsive amalgam of, at least, one-week-old, backed-up human feces, and a sprinkling...

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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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On President Bola Tinubu’s Certificate Frenzy

ColumnsNigeriaOpinionPoliticsOn President Bola Tinubu’s Certificate Frenzy

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)October 5, 2023

“In 2007, former president Obasanjo vowed that Atiku could not contest the election. Then, Atiku teamed up with Tinubu and was given the Action Congress – AC presidential ticket.” —Ebuka Onyekwelu For days, debates about President Bola Tinubu’s certificate from Chicago State University-CSU have dominated private and public conversations across Nigeria and beyond. But this is only happening because many people are not asking the right questions. First of all, the allegations erupted from social...

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Supreme Court to decide Nnamdi Kanu’s fate Dec. 15

NewsNigeriaSupreme Court to decide Nnamdi Kanu’s fate Dec. 15

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 5, 2023

Nigeria’s apex court has fixed December 15, 2023, as the judgment day on appeals regarding the continued detention of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). British national Nnamdi Kanu was arrested in Kenya and forcefully extradited to Nigeria in June 2021. He has been wanted by Nigerian authorities since 2015 when he was charged with terrorism offences. Kanu was first arrested in Nigeria in 2015 and was granted bail on...

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Over 500 Flood Victims Take Over School In Adamawa

NewsNigeriaOver 500 Flood Victims Take Over School In Adamawa

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 4, 2023

The heavy downpour recorded within the week has rendered about 563 persons in the Unguwan Tana community of Yola North local government area in Adamawa State. The flood was attributed to the overflow of River Benue due to heavy downpours and the release of water from the Lagdo dam in the Cameroon Republic. The attendant effect of the disaster has disrupted academic activities at Government Day Secondary School Limawa-Jimeta in the state capital as the...

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Foreign Affairs Minister: Tinubu’s certificate scandal is a distraction

NewsNigeriaPoliticsForeign Affairs Minister: Tinubu’s certificate scandal is a distraction

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 4, 2023

Nigeria’s minister for foreign affairs, Yusuf Tuggar has said the Nigerian government is not interested in the controversy about President Bola Tinubu’s academic records from the Chicago State University (CSU). The Minister said the Tinubu administration does not have time to waste on such “frivolous issues.” While speaking on Channels TV Sunrise Daily programme on Wednesday, Tuggar said that Nigerians should show more concern about the prevailing economic travails rather than waste time “about some...

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