Month: September 2022

ASUU strike: CAPPA kick against govt’s recourse to Industrial Court

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…says taking the striking lecturers to court is a frivolous, ill-thought step By Mandy Park The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has condemned the position of the Nigerian government on the lingering Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike. This is as the group appealed to the President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC government to urgently honour its agreements with ASUU to ensure the immediate reopening of the public universities rather than the resort to the National Industrial Court. CAPPA noted that resorting to the National Industrial Court by the…

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VALENTINE OZIGBO CONDEMNS ATTACK ON IFEANYI UBAH’S CONVOY

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…says spate of insecurity highly worrisome By Omocho Kalu Valentine Ozigbo, Anambra State governorship candidate in 2021, has condemned the deadly attack on the convoy of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah. Ubah is representing Anambra South at the Senate on the platform of Young People’s Party ( YPP). The attack by unknown assailants occurred on Sunday, September 11, 2022, in Enugwu-Ukwu in Njikoka LGA of Anambra State and left five of Senator Uba’s aides and security personnel dead and several others injured. In a statement issued from his campaign office in Awka,…

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2023: It’s no body’s turn –Peter Obi

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…election must be based on competence By Mandy Park Labour Party’s (LP) Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, has said that the 2023 presidential election must not be based on, religious, ethnic and other unnecessary entitlement sentiments but purely on capacity that would deliver and change the fate of the country. He spoke at the party’s ongoing leadership forum in Abuja.Said Obi “Election next year must not be based on religion or ethnicity. It must not be based in connection. It must not be based on turn. It is nobody’s turn. Election…

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BREAKING: Court grants DSS permission to detain Tukur Mamu for 60 more days

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By Mandy Park A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has given permission to the Department of State Services (DSS) to detain the former terrorists’ negotiator, Tukur Mamu, for 60 more days. Justice Nkeonye Maha granted the ex-parte motion moved by counsel for the DSS, Ahmed Magaji. Mamu who was arrested on September 6 on his way to Saudi Arabia for lesser Hajj was detained at Cairo International Airport before being he was flown back to the country. The DSS, in the motion marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1617/2022 dated and filed September 12,…

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Just In: Britain’s Longest Reigning Monarch, Queen Elizabeth dies at 96

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Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and the nation’s figurehead for seven decades, Queen Elizabeth has died at age 96, Buckingham Palace disclosed this on Thursday. “The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon,” Buckingham Palace said in a statement. “The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow”. Her eldest son Charles, 73, automatically will become the king of the United Kingdom and the head of state of 14 other nations including Australia, Canada and New Zealand. Her family had rushed to be…

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UK PM Truss unveils non-white top cabinet members

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Liz Truss on Tuesday unveiled her new top team as she formally took over from Boris Johnson as UK prime minister, with no place for white men in any of the three senior-most cabinet posts for the first time ever. As expected, she rewarded allies to her during her victorious Conservative leadership campaign, promoting Kwasi Kwarteng to finance, James Cleverly to foreign affairs and Suella Braverman to interior. The son of Ghanaian immigrants, Kwarteng is the country’s first black chancellor of the exchequer. His immediate focus will be turning round…

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Obi-Datti Group Dismisses Violation Of Electoral Act

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…says Obi not on tour for fund-raising By Omocho Kalu The Obi-Datti Media Office, has flayed the allegations that the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, currently on tour in Europe and America, is on fund-raising exercise. The denial comes on the heels of demands by members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to sanction LP for allegedly violating the electoral laws that forbid external fundings for contestants. In a release, the Office explained that Obi’s tour is essentially to sensitise Nigerians in…

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Winners of #Smokefree Nollywood Skit Challenge emerge 

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…As CAPPA  demands NFVCB enforcement of ban on TAPS By: Mandy Park Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa  (CAPPA)  has announced winners of the  #Smokefree Nollywood Skit Challenge with the duo of Ojo Adebayo Peter   Oluwaseun and Oluwafemi James as first prize winners Others that won included Popola Abiola Isaac (1st runner up), Ilemobola Michael Oluwasegun (2nd runner), Dale Godstime Osamuyimen (3rc runner up and ShamangeKaren Nguyilan. They went home with different prizes  from Canon camera  Dell inspiron touch screen laptop,   latest camon 19 phone including cash, ranging. CAPPA, Executive…

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Village People At Work!!! Carter Efe’s Hit Song “Machala” Removed From Spotify And Apple Music

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Nigerian skit maker, Carter Efe and Berri Tiga’s hit song dubbed ‘Machala’ has been removed from Apple Music and Spotify platforms worldwide. One of the biggest songs in 2022, ‘Machala’ by Carter Efe and Berri Tiga, has been removed from Spotify and Apple Music worldwide after its release in 2022. The viral song that held the number one spot in the country on digital streaming platforms like Spotify, and Apple Music and so on was released on the 30th of July 2022. The hit song is still available for streaming…

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8 REASONABLE REASONS TO ELECT PETER OBI

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Peter Obi is averse to waste At the root of the poor infrastructural development all over Nigeria is criminal wastefulness, corruption and inflated contracts. Road or rail projects that can be done with N2 billion are inflated to N20 billion. The consequences of this is that projects go on forever and funds that would have been used to do 4 or 5 projects are spent on just 1 project. A very good example is the Lagos light rail project. It was conceptualized by Jakande in the early 80s but still…

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