Month: May 2022

Anyim is a straightforward, honest, simple leader – Ibrahim Gumel, Jigawa PDP Chairman

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By Omocho Kalu The chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Jigawa State, Alhaji Babandi Ibrahim Gumel, has lauded the sterling qualities of former Senate President and frontline presidential aspirant, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, describing him as a straightforward and simple leader deserving of trust. Gumel made the comment on Thursday, 19th May, when Anyim, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) met with Jigawa State delegates at the party secretariat in Dutse, the state capital. For the former Secretary to the Government of the Federal (SGF) who had…

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CAPPA launches #Smokefree Nollywood Skit Challenge …urges govt to enforce ban on TAPS

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By Omocho Kalu The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has launched the #Smokefree Nollywood Skit Challenge which seeks to increase awareness on the hazards of smoking as well as increase the pool of youths campaigning against the habit. The competition is targeted at youths in the 18–35-year bracket. Contestants are expected to create a video of not more than two minutes and twenty seconds (2:20mins) with messages on the dangers of smoking and a call to action which is essentially to urge the Nigerian government to enforce the…

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BREAKING: Court affirms Adeleke Osun PDP Governorship candidate
Adeleke

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By Gabriel Nwaneri Justice Nathaniel Emmanuel of the Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State capital, has affirmed Senator Ademola Adeleke as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Osun governorship election slated for July 16th, this year (2022). The judge dismissed a suit filed by Prince Dotun Babayemi seeking to be declared the candidate of the PDP. He nullified the primary election that produced Babayemi, which held at WOCDIF event center, Osogbo on March 8, 2022. The judgement was delivered amidst heavy security and lasted for…

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Court rejects Nnamdi Kanu’s application for bail

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By Mandy Park The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, today, Wednesday, May 18, declined to grant bail to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, pending the determination of the treasonable felony charge the Federal Government slammed against him. Trial Judge, Justice Binta Nyako held that Kanu must explain why he breached the previous bail granted to him, before he could enjoy another favourable discretion from the court. Justice Nyako held that “Until the issue of absence of the defendant for his trial,…

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ASUU strike protest: Soldiers fire live ammunition to disperse students

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By Mandy Park Military personnel on Tuesday dispersed students of various universities in Ondo State who were protesting the prolonged strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.The soldiers were said to have opened fire to chase the students away from the Ilesha/Akure highway on Tuesday. The students who were drawn from the Federal University of Technology, Akure, FUTA, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, AAUA, and Olusegun Agagu University of Technology, Okitipupa, OAUSTECH, had since on Monday barricaded the highway disrupting vehicular movement. The protesting students who bemoaned the attitude…

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NNPP mourns Kano gas explosion victims …urges govt to take precaution dealing with combustibles

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By Mandy Park New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), has expressed shock on the gas cylinder explosion in Sabon Gari area of Kano State in which nine persons reportedly died and many were injured.The incident took place on Tuesday.The party called on the Kano State Government to ensure that those dealing with combustible and inflammable materials were not permitted to operate near schools to avoid a recurrence of such traged in futurey. The Party made its position known in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Agbo Major, in Abuja.Part of…

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2023: Let Nigerians have heart attack, says Emefiele after meeting Buhari

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By Mandy Park The governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele, said his fate is still being decided as regards the controversy surrounding his rumoured presidential bid. When newsmen approached him on Thursday after meeting with the President, Muhammadu Buhari , in Abuja with the notion that his current position as a presidential aspirant and the CBN governor is a major point of concern for Nigerians and even the international community, Emefiele replied, “Let them have heart attacks. It’s good to have a heart attack.” This is as…

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FG suspends basketball in Nigeria for two years
…says it will concentrate efforts to revamp the sport

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By Mandy Park President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate withdrawal of Nigeria from all international basketball competitions for a period of two years with immediate effect.The reason according to the source is to concentrate efforts to revamp the sport for better future performance.Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Daredisclosed this while briefing newsmen on Thursday in Abuja.Dare, represented by Ismaila Abubakar, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, disclosed that a committee would be set up to oversee basketball leagues in the country. “Following the unending crisis which have…

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Anyim mourns Senator Arthur Nzeribe, says he made great impact.

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By Omocho Kalu Former President of the Senate, Anyim Pius Anyim has expressed sadness over the demise of Senator Arthur Nzeribe, saying that he left his foot prints on Nigeria*s political landscape.He described him as a man who made great impact in his life time.In a statement he personally signed, Anyim said he received the news of the death of the maverick politician with deep sadness saying the late lawmaker and businessman man was a household name in Nigeria, Africa and across the world.Anyim, a frontline presidential aspirant on the…

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My Govt will accord women adequate recognition –Anyim, says it is in the PDP tradition

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By Omocho Kalu Frontline, Presidential aspirant of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Senator Anyim Pius Anyim has assured Nigerian women that they would be adequately recognized if he becomes president in 2023.Anyim made the promise in Minna, capital of Niger State while responding to complaints of marginalization of women in Nigeria, during his consultative visit to the state.In a statement signed by Ahmed Buhari, Director of Publicity, Anyim Presidential Campaign Organisation, made available to Nigerianewsmark,Anyim described women as one of the critical groups in Nigeria that he intends to mainstream…

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